Cherina Medina, LCSW, CSW

Licensed in California · 15 years in practice

Cherina Medina helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, ADHD, and concerns related to LGBT identity.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 116770 · expires July 2027
LCSW, Colorado: CSW.09932330 · expires August 2027
NPI: 1114429701 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 15
Languages: English

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About Cherina

Cherina Medina helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, ADHD, and concerns related to LGBT identity. Cherina is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, with 15 years of experience, and approaches sessions with warmth, directness, and a sense of humor. Parents reading on a phone will find short, clear explanations and a calm tone that focuses on practical steps.

Cherina uses a client-centered style that puts each person's goals first.

Background and approach

Sessions often include practical skills and hands-on strategies drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy. This means focusing on what feels hard now, trying small changes, and tracking what helps. With a background working across schools and community settings, Cherina brings experience supporting people with ADHD, trauma and abuse history, and issues around grief or end-of-life care.

She also has a long history helping with developmental and intellectual disability concerns and disability-related systems such as individualized education planning. Cherina's approach blends cultural awareness and personal storytelling when invited by the client. She can include mindfulness, meditation, and storytelling traditions from her Native American roots if that fits the person's preferences.

Humor and direct listening are common parts of sessions when appropriate. Sessions are offered from Colorado and conducted in English. Cherina provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Cherina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Trauma and abuse
Depression
ADHD
Aging and geriatric issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Communication problems
Family of origin issues
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
HIV / AIDS
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Traumatic brain injury
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Cherina names

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Online support

How client-centered and CBT approaches work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's own goals and pace, offering empathic listening and room to tell personal stories. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings and decide what matters most to them.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, stress, depression, and ADHD-related challenges because it breaks bigger problems into small, testable steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Cherina will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences, adjusting techniques over time based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls provide face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or cameras are limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit brief check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy day and to keep continuity when schedules change.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does this therapist help with?

Cherina works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, and LGBT-related concerns, plus additional focuses such as aging, autism, hospice and end-of-life issues, and sexual culture topics.

How would you describe the therapy style and methods?

Sessions are client-centered and practical, with use of cognitive behavioral therapy for skill-building and problem solving. Humor and storytelling are often part of the room when it suits the client.

What kind of experience does the therapist have?

Cherina has 15 years of experience working across educational and community settings and with people who have disabilities, ADHD, and trauma histories.

Where is Cherina licensed and located?

She holds LCSW credentials in Colorado and California and practices from Colorado for this profile.

Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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