Cherish Krisciunas , LCSW

Cherish Krisciunas is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and life changes. She practices in Florida and brings a calm, nonjudgmental manner to sessions. Her work emphasizes respect, compassion, and honest conversation. She uses a client-centered, collaborative approach that meets people where they are. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps clients can try between meetings. Cherish draws on methods that include cognitive behavioral strategies, attachment-based ideas, and acceptance and commitment techniques to address thoughts, emotions, and patterns. Many clients come for help with communication problems, intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem, career stress, or family conflict. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, caregiving strain, and issues around aging and end-of-life matters. Practical coping skills and improved relational connection are common targets. In therapy she balances listening with action. Conversations are used to identify patterns, rehearse new responses, and build small habits that change daily life. Clients leave sessions with concrete tools to manage stress, reduce overwhelm, and strengthen important relationships. Cherish works with adults across a range of concerns and tailors plans to each person’s values and circumstances. Sessions aim to increase insight, reduce distress, and help people move forward in ways that matter to them.

Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them. It emphasizes clarifying values and taking small steps toward what matters, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape how people connect and respond to others. It is useful for intimacy-related issues, attachment concerns, and improving communication in relationships.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers concrete strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and stress management and pairs well with at-home practice between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and suggest methods that align with what you want to change. Together you can adjust the focus and tools as work progresses.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can suit brief questions, check-ins between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different formats as needs change.