Cheryl Crusse, LCSW

Cheryl Crusse is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience in Florida. She focuses on helping people manage depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and mood-related challenges. Cheryl aims to create a calm, straightforward space where people can talk through what matters most to them.

Her work draws on practical, skills-based approaches rather than one-size-fits-all plans. She helps people strengthen communication, work through attachment and codependency patterns, and clarify life purpose. Sessions also address relationship strain, intimacy concerns, career stress, and anger in ways that fit each person's life.

Cheryl uses a mix of evidence-informed methods to match each person's needs. She often blends elements of acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive-behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness exercises, and motivational interviewing. These tools are applied with an eye toward everyday use and small, steady changes.

Over three decades she has supported veterans, people facing big life transitions, and others coping with mood and trauma issues. She pays attention to fatigue from caregiving and compassion fatigue, and she includes concerns related to aging and geriatric issues among her focus areas. Cheryl works in a collaborative way that respects each person's goals and pace.

Her approach is practical and empathetic. She helps people build resilience and find clearer direction while facing difficult emotions and life changes.

Approaches that guide online work and goals

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then taking action guided by personal values; it can help with depression, anxiety, and navigating life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, mood disorders, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete skills for regulating emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be useful for strong mood swings, anger, and relationship strain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods to try first and adjusts based on how things are going. Goals, preferences, and daily life all shape that plan so the work feels relevant and manageable.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and reduce travel time. Some formats also allow shorter check-ins, audio-only conversations when less bandwidth is needed, or sessions that better match a work break. Discussing practical needs during the matching process helps make sessions a realistic part of everyday life.