Cheryl Pacione, LMHC | Therapist in New York

25 years experience
Client-centered approach
Focus on codependency

About Cheryl

Cheryl Pacione is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical steps that help people feel more capable and move toward goals that matter to them. Cheryl uses a mixture of therapeutic styles to help people untangle patterns that get in the way of daily life.

She brings a down-to-earth style to sessions and aims to build trust quickly. Cheryl often focuses on immediate strategies and small, doable changes that add up over time. Her experience includes work with people navigating sexual identity, mood concerns, and behavior patterns tied to relationships and work.

Cheryl blends client-centered work with solution-focused and narrative elements. She will listen for values, strengths, and recurring stories that shape choices. Together clients map practical steps, test new behaviors, and notice what shifts in real life.

She also draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing to support change. Mindfulness can help calm racing thoughts and reduce stress. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to try something different.

Cheryl is based in New York and has long experience assisting people with career and disability-related concerns. She has worked with LGBTQIA+ communities and with people on the autism spectrum. Her background includes vocational counseling and participation on a New York State inclusion and diversity committee.

Approaches that guide online work and decisions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on hearing the person’s experience without judgment and following what the client says matters most. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, understanding space to sort feelings and make choices. Existential Therapy looks at meaning, values, and life direction. It can be useful when people face big life changes or feel stuck about purpose and identity.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to figure out which methods fit their goals, preferences, and pace. That collaboration may mean trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps most.

Confirm the current session options before booking to know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people continue care while attending to work, family, or health-related constraints. Licensed professionals can tailor session length and focus so therapy fits into everyday life rather than competing with it.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Self esteemCareer difficultiesDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGrief Intimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHearing impairedHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelity Isolation / loneliness JealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyExistential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

25+ years

Credentials

New York

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Cheryl commonly help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, codependency, addictions, ADHD, grief, and related struggles.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is practical and collaborative. She uses client-centered listening plus solution-focused and narrative techniques to set achievable goals.

What kind of experience does she bring?

Cheryl has 25 years of experience as a clinician and vocational counselor, including work with LGBTQIA+ communities and people on the autism spectrum.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds the credential LMHC, specifically a New York LMHC, and is based in New York.

Are sessions available in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people from other countries work together with her?

She is not accepting international clients at this time.

How are fees and payments handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working with Cheryl?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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