Sherie Dechter , LCSW

Sherie Dechter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with 30 years of clinical experience. She brings a compassionate, client-centered approach to therapy and works with children, adults, couples, and families to address a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career questions, depression, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Her additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, family-of-origin dynamics, fertility concerns, jealousy, life purpose, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues.

Sherie aims to create a warm, supportive, and nonjudgmental environment where individuals feel heard and understood. She uses evidence-informed techniques and tailors interventions to fit each person's needs, helping people navigate crises, process loss, and work toward growth and resilience. Emphasizing a collaborative therapeutic relationship, Sherie partners with clients to set goals and develop practical solutions that align with their values and life circumstances.

With extensive experience across developmental stages and family systems, Sherie offers steady guidance during transitions and challenges. Her practice focuses on empowering people to grieve, heal, and move toward their fullest potential while building skills for healthier relationships and improved well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify their values and take committed action toward a meaningful life while learning practical skills to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and finding direction when life feels unsettled.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns of relating. By exploring attachment styles, this approach supports healing in relationships, parenting challenges, and intimacy-related concerns.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and collaboration. It creates a space for clients to explore their experiences at their own pace and build self-understanding and self-compassion, which can benefit depression, self-esteem, and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sherie works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting techniques over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate work schedules, caregiving responsibilities, and geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and engage with licensed professionals in a way that fits a client’s life.