Cheryl Barajas, LPC

Cheryl Barajas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people managing stress and anxiety. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable. Her approach is respectful and direct, aimed at helping people move toward clearer goals and better coping habits.

Cheryl brings seven years of counseling experience to her practice. She has worked with people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. Conversations in sessions are tailored to each person's situation and paced to match what feels doable right now.

Her sessions often center on identifying unhelpful patterns and building small, realistic changes. She emphasizes skills that clients can use between sessions to reduce anxiety and increase motivation. Cheryl also addresses relationship and family-of-origin issues that show up in a person’s day-to-day life.

People may explore topics such as abandonment, attachment concerns, codependency, communication problems, and decision-making or commitment struggles. She can also support those coping with chronic pain, illness, or co-occurring substance use challenges. The work is collaborative and goal focused, with changes tracked over time.

Cheryl asks that new clients complete the practice’s matching questionnaire so sessions can begin on a clear path. She practices in Texas and conducts work in English. Please confirm the current session options before scheduling.

How evidence-based techniques can help online

Cheryl uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach helps people learn specific coping skills for stress and anxiety, such as breathing techniques, activity scheduling, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations. These methods aim to reduce day-to-day distress and increase confidence in handling triggers.

Another approach emphasizes identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. This involves noticing automatic thoughts, testing them against real-life evidence, and trying different behavioral responses. It is useful for depression, low self-esteem, and entrenched habits tied to addiction or avoidance.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That selection is adjusted over time based on what is helpful and what the client prefers.

If you are considering online therapy, please confirm which session formats Cheryl currently offers before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, or allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find that working with a licensed professional remotely helps them maintain momentum between sessions and apply new skills in everyday situations.