Cheryl Bayo

You already know something is not working. Maybe it shows up in your relationships, your stress, or patterns you cannot seem to shake. I help you name it plainly and work on changing it. With a background spanning children, teens, and adults across individual, group, and family settings, I bring a direct, honest approach I call caring confrontation: pointing to what is not serving you, then working with you on what comes next. We all have these things to look at. I am no exception. If that sounds like what you need, I would love to connect.

Genuine and honest are the two qualities I strive to show each and every person in my life. I will never tell you anything unless I believe it. I am not here to make you feel better but for you to feel better about yourself. I will listen closely and ask thoughtful questions to make sure I am understanding what you want me to know. I like to get right to the point and I have been told that my straightforward approach is appreciated. Therapy should be available for as long as it is needed, but it should not feel like a long, drawn-out process.

My intent in our first session is to make you feel as though you made the right choice when you chose me. I will provide a non-judgemental space for you to explore the reasons you came to therapy. Our session will include some conversation about my idea of therapy so you understand me as well. We will have a chance to talk about expectations; mine as well as yours, which are equally important! At the beginning we are strangers, so we will get to know each other until you are comfortable to begin sharing more sensitive topics and information. If that happens in session one then that is fantastic, but it is not expected.