Cheryl Pacione, LMHC
New York · 25 years in practice
Cheryl Pacione is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 25 years of practice.
License and registration
- LMHC, New York
- 000377 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1376270207 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Cheryl
Cheryl Pacione is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 25 years of practice. She helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or ready for change find clearer direction and more manageable ways to cope. She works from New York and uses a mix of practical approaches to match individual needs.
Cheryl focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, sleep problems, and depression. She also supports people dealing with trauma, addiction, issues around intimacy, grief, and workplace or career concerns.
Background and approach
She can talk through challenges related to parenting, caregiver strain, ADHD, and relationship communication problems. Her style is collaborative and person-centered. Sessions aim to uncover patterns that keep people stuck, then try small, concrete steps to shift those patterns.
She uses elements of existential thinking to address meaning and purpose, narrative ideas to rewrite unhelpful stories, and mindfulness to help manage emotion and focus. Cheryl brings experience working with LGBTQ people and those exploring non-traditional relationship styles.
She also has background helping people on the autism spectrum and those navigating disability and vocational issues, including familiarity with the Americans with Disabilities Act. She combines practical job-related guidance with therapeutic work when that fits a person’s goals. People often use a mix of message-based communication with weekly live sessions by video or phone.
Cheryl works across a wide range of concerns and helps clients set concrete goals, try new behaviors, and track progress over time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cheryl lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cheryl names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How her approaches guide online work
Existential Therapy helps people look at meaning, choice, and purpose when life feels confusing or painful. It can be useful for people facing big changes, questions about identity, or feelings of emptiness. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and uses listening and empathy to help someone feel heard and understood; this approach supports building trust and finding personal solutions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and manage anxiety and strong emotions.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with each person to see which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That assessment happens gradually through conversation and small experiments, and adjustments are made as progress is noticed.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier when a quiet moment is brief. Live chat and messaging are handy for shorter check-ins, reflection between sessions, or ongoing support without scheduling another full session. These options offer flexibility to match how someone prefers to engage with therapy.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Cheryl commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, self-esteem, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, career concerns, and related matters listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered, combining existential ideas about meaning with narrative and mindfulness techniques to help people change unhelpful patterns.
What is her professional background?
Cheryl has 25 years of clinical experience as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and has worked with diverse communities including LGBTQ people and those exploring non-monogamous relationships.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is located in New York and holds a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential (LMHC).
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are used for online sessions?
Cheryl uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, often combining message-based work with regular live sessions.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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