Cheryl Crusse, LCSW

Cheryl Crusse is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience in Florida. She focuses on helping people who are facing depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and other mood-related challenges. Cheryl aims to create a calm, straightforward space where people can talk about what matters most to them.

Her work emphasizes practical skills and clear goals. She helps people improve communication, address attachment and codependency concerns, and manage anger or intimacy-related issues. Cheryl also supports those coping with major life changes, career stresses, and compassion fatigue.

Cheryl blends several approaches to match a person’s needs. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral work and mindfulness to help people spot unhelpful patterns and try different responses. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas and dialectical behavior methods when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are priorities.

Over three decades she has worked with a range of adults, including older adults and veterans, and people dealing with mood disorders like bipolar disorder and seasonal affective disorder. Cheryl pays attention to life stage and context when planning sessions so the support fits daily realities.

Her practice centers on listening, setting realistic steps, and building steady skills that can be used outside sessions. Cheryl helps people find what matters to them and take manageable steps toward those goals.

How Cheryl’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and experiment with different behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers clear skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Cheryl will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. That collaborative process shapes which methods are used and how sessions are structured.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Many people appreciate online sessions because they can fit appointments into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Online work can also make it easier to practice skills between meetings and to bring real-life situations into discussion for immediate problem solving.