Cheryl Pacione, LMHC

Cheryl Pacione is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 25 years of experience in New York. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues around identity and career. Cheryl also lists codependency among her focus areas and supports people coping with grief, sleep problems, anger, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

She uses practical, solution-focused methods alongside client-centered listening. Sessions aim to identify patterns that keep someone stuck and to try small, usable steps that change daily life. Conversations often include looking at how past experiences affect current choices and relationships.

Cheryl has worked with a range of people, including LGBTQ clients and those involved in non-traditional relationship arrangements. She has experience with vocational concerns and with disability-related workplace issues informed by familiarity with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Her background includes service on a New York State inclusion and diversity committee.

In sessions she draws on client-centered therapy to prioritize the person's concerns, mindfulness techniques to build awareness of feelings and behaviors, and solution-focused and narrative tools to set concrete goals and reframe difficult stories. Motivational interviewing may be used when people want to make bigger changes, such as addressing substance use or career moves.

Cheryl describes therapy as collaborative work. She combines practical problem-solving with conversational approaches so people can try different ways of setting boundaries, managing stress, and reclaiming their own priorities. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

Approaches in remote sessions and how they help