Raquel Cherry , LICSW, LCSW

Raquel Cherry is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and women's issues. She offers straightforward support aimed at practical change and clearer thinking. Her approach is warm and respectful, focused on each person's situation and goals.

She uses conversations to identify what matters most and then builds simple, doable steps forward. Clients can expect a mix of listening, feedback, and goal setting. Raquel adapts the pace to match what each person needs in the moment.

Over nine years she has worked with people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, addiction, depression, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those navigating life transitions, blended family challenges, first responder stress, and questions about life purpose and money. ADHD and intimacy-related concerns are also part of her background.

Raquel draws on client-centered methods to keep the work focused on the individual's priorities. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot thinking patterns that make problems harder. Mindfulness and motivational strategies help people stay motivated and manage stress in daily life.

Sessions are practical and goal-oriented. Raquel aims to help people leave each meeting with a clear next step. She works from Virginia and conducts sessions in English as part of her practice as a DC LICSW and VA LCSW.

Approaches and how online work looks

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's priorities and values. It helps when someone wants a supportive space to talk, be heard, and find their own answers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and breaks them into specific skills and actions to try. That approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match the person's goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they will try a direction, check what is helping, and adjust plans as needed so the work stays useful.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or comfort with video is an issue. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick coping strategies, or fitting support into a busy day. These options make it easier to maintain consistency and to choose the format that fits a person's schedule and daily life.