Sherry Farrell, LMFT

Sherry Farrell is a California licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with ten years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting strain, anger, and related issues. Sessions are offered in English and she practices from the perspective of helping people manage everyday problems and stronger emotional reactions.

Farrell trained in clinical and counseling psychology, earning a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University and a master’s in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco. She spent several years working in clinical settings before teaching and raising her children, then returned to direct clinical work. That mix of clinical and educational experience informs how she frames concerns about behavior, parenting, and family dynamics.

She has provided therapy in clinics and in both alternative and mainstream school settings. In work with young people she has addressed ADHD, conduct concerns, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, abuse, and family stress. She has also worked with couples and families around addiction, infidelity, parenting challenges, mood disorders, physical illness, and divorce.

With individuals she has helped people coping with anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, and life transitions. Farrell uses a range of techniques and adapts methods to the issue at hand. Her style emphasizes listening, practical strategies, and collaborative problem solving rather than jargon or long theoretical lectures.

Therapeutic approaches she draws on include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Existential Therapy. People who choose her can expect to work together on concrete goals, communication skills, and manageable steps for change.

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