Raquel Cherry, LICSW, LCSW

Raquel Cherry is a licensed social worker with nine years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, and relationship challenges. She works with individuals on parenting concerns, family conflict, and issues around intimacy and grief. Her approach aims to make hard conversations easier and to help people find practical next steps.

Raquel uses straightforward, respectful conversation to get to what matters most. She listens first and tailors the plan to each person’s needs. Sessions focus on clear goals, small changes, and skills that can be used between meetings.

Her methods draw on client-centered work and cognitive behavioral ideas to notice patterns and try new ways of responding. Raquel also brings mindfulness and solution-focused tools to help people manage stress and build momentum. Motivational interviewing shapes conversations about change when someone feels stuck.

She has worked with concerns ranging from addiction and trauma to compassion fatigue and life-purpose questions. Raquel also supports people dealing with blended family dynamics, communication breakdowns, money worries, and the pressures many women face.

Raquel holds Licenses in Clinical Social Work as LICSW and LCSW and practices in Virginia. She aims to create a respectful space where clients can set realistic goals and practice different approaches until they find what helps. If someone is ready to take a first step, she helps plan how to move forward.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following each person's lead. It helps by making space for someone to talk about what feels important and to set their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and practices concrete skills to change them. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and relationship patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Raquel will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping the client involved in those choices.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as by saving travel time or fitting shorter check-ins into a break. It can also allow focusing on skill practice between meetings and tracking change over weeks. Licensed professionals can guide how to adapt mindfulness exercises, behavior experiments, or motivational conversations to an online setting so the work feels useful in day-to-day life.