Cherish Krisciunas , LCSW

Cherish Krisciunas is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with more than 12 years of professional experience helping people navigate anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, family conflict, and major life transitions. She brings a warm, compassionate, and authentic presence to sessions, creating a nonjudgmental environment where clients can explore their thoughts, feelings, and goals at a pace that feels right for them. Her practice includes work with individuals, couples, and families facing complex emotional challenges, with attention to each person’s individual history and needs.

Her therapeutic stance is client-centered, integrative, and collaborative. She draws from evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), solution-focused techniques, and mindfulness-based approaches while also incorporating relational and trauma-informed perspectives. Cherish emphasizes the importance of a strong therapeutic alliance, open and honest dialogue, and personalized care planning to guide the healing process.

Clients can expect to leave sessions feeling heard and better equipped with practical tools to manage stress, understand emotions, and build healthier patterns in relationships and self-care. Sessions combine thoughtful exploration with actionable steps, aimed at helping clients feel more grounded, connected, and confident as they move forward.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and encourages choosing actions that align with core values - it can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns shape emotional responses and connection, making it a helpful approach for intimacy issues, relationship struggles, and attachment concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to build practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Cherish approaches treatment collaboratively, working with each person to identify goals and to determine which methods feel like the best fit. Together they explore strengths, preferences, and needs so that the therapeutic plan is personalized and evolves as progress is made.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexibility to engage by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules or to access care from different locations. These options support consistent, ongoing work while allowing therapists and clients to choose the format that best supports the therapeutic goals.