Sherry Farrell, LMFT

Sherry Farrell is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. She brings a practical, person-focused style to sessions and aims to help people facing midlife changes, stress, relationship strain, and other life challenges. Conversations are grounded, straightforward, and aimed at finding workable steps forward.

Sherry earned a bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology from San Francisco State University and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco. After about five years working in clinical settings she spent time teaching while raising her children, which broadened her perspective on how schools, families, and communities interact.

Her clinical history includes work in clinics and both alternative and mainstream school settings. She has supported children who struggled with ADHD, conduct issues, depression, anxiety, and abuse. She has also worked with couples and families on addiction, infidelity, parenting conflicts, mood disorders, and divorce.

With individuals she has focused on anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, and navigating life transitions such as midlife shifts. She uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs and prefers to build a cooperative relationship based on respect and empathy.

In sessions Sherry follows a collaborative process. She listens, helps clarify priorities, and develops practical strategies clients can try between meetings. Her goal is to move people from feeling stuck toward clearer choices and sustainable change.

How Sherry’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through feelings and choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, change patterns, and manage mood symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and everyday reality. That collaboration means plans can be adjusted as progress and needs change.

The original biography does not list specific session formats for online work, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online care helpful because it can make scheduling easier, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when life is busy. Online sessions can support work on relationships, coping with midlife transitions, managing anxiety and depression, and practicing CBT exercises between meetings.