Cherish Krisciunas

Cherish Krisciunas is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Florida with 12 years of experience. She offers a warm, nonjudgmental presence and a steady, person-focused way of working. Sessions emphasize respect and clear goals so people can move through anxiety, grief, relationship strain, or major life changes at a manageable pace.

Cherish uses a client-centered, collaborative approach. She draws on practical methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new actions. Her style blends evidence-based tools with attention to interpersonal patterns and attachment needs.

People come for help with stress, depression, coping with life changes, intimacy-related issues, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, and challenges like infidelity or isolation. Sessions aim to offer concrete skills alongside space to process difficult feelings.

Therapy focuses on clear, achievable steps. Cherish works with each person to set goals and practice tools between sessions. That may include behavior experiments, values-based choices, communication skills, and emotion regulation techniques.

Her background includes over a decade of clinical practice in Florida across a range of relational and individual concerns. People can expect straightforward guidance, honest feedback, and actionable strategies to help them feel steadier and more in control as they move through life changes.

How her approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-driven steps even when feelings are difficult. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes that feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. It offers concrete tools for daily life. Attachment-Based Therapy attends to relational patterns that show up in close relationships and helps people shift long-standing ways of relating and feeling safer with others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cherish will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping the process collaborative and goal focused.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm available session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, save commuting time, or allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals adapt ACT and CBT exercises to virtual settings so clients can practice tools between sessions and track small, steady changes.