Cheryl Curtiss , LMFT

Cheryl Curtiss is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Connecticut with 30 years of professional experience. She brings long-standing experience helping people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship and family conflicts, and address intimacy-related concerns. Her practice also covers parenting challenges, trauma and abuse recovery, grief, eating and mood issues, anger and self-esteem struggles, career concerns, and coping with major life changes. Additionally, she works with issues such as abandonment, blended family dynamics, divorce and separation, family-of-origin patterns, hoarding, infidelity, midlife transitions, multicultural concerns, and postpartum depression.

Her work emphasizes creating an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared and explored. She supports clients in developing practical coping strategies while also attending to the relational patterns that contribute to ongoing difficulties. Cheryl values a collaborative process that recognizes the courage it takes to begin therapy and respects each person or family’s pace and priorities. Whether addressing immediate stressors or longer-standing family issues, she aims to guide clients toward clearer understanding and more effective ways of relating.

Evidence-Based Relationship-Focused Therapy Online

Cheryl Curtiss uses evidence-based approaches that focus on relationships and practical coping skills. Relationship and family-focused work looks at how interactions between partners and family members shape behavior and feelings, helping people improve communication, set boundaries, and resolve conflicts within the family system.

She also addresses trauma and grief with an approach that prioritizes safety and pacing, helping individuals process difficult experiences while building resilience and emotional regulation skills. For stress and anxiety, she uses skills-based strategies that teach breathing, grounding, and problem-solving techniques to reduce daily distress and improve functioning.

Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative work between therapist and client. Cheryl will help identify which techniques fit best based on a person’s goals, history, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue care from home or other locations. These options allow licensed professionals to provide consistent, ongoing support while adapting to each client’s practical needs.