I'm Cheri Lally, a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) in Cockeysville, Maryland, working with teens, adults, and seniors. Clients come to me carrying anxiety that won't switch off, grief they're still finding words for, or trauma that keeps resurfacing. I bring a steady, strength-based approach, and I'd love to help you find solid ground again.
My approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Trauma-Focused CBT with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), so we work with both the thoughts that keep looping and the feelings underneath them. I draw on Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy to keep sessions practical and forward-moving, and an attachment-based, humanistic lens to make sure the relationship itself feels safe. Sessions are collaborative: we name what's not working, build concrete coping tools for anxiety, depression, grief, PTSD, panic, and relationship or family strain, and track what's actually changing session to session, not just talk in circles.
Your first session is about getting oriented, not diving into everything at once. We'll talk through what brought you in, what you've already tried, and what you're hoping is different in a few months. From there we build a plan together. Many clients notice they're sleeping better, reacting less, or feeling steadier within the first several sessions, and session by session, you'll leave with something concrete to carry into the week.
