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Cheryl Bechard Howe, M.S.W., R.S.W.

Registered Social Worker

Clinical Associate*

Works Online & In-Person

50-minute sessions from

$195

Think:

Structured, warm, and practical. Especially great for anxiety, addiction, neurodivergence, emotional regulation, and people who want therapy to feel clear and doable.

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Spectrum Specialist & Sobriety Supporter

GREAT FIT IF YOU'RE...

Carrying trauma, grief, anxiety, or life experiences that still affect you now.

Parenting through stress, conflict, or the constant feeling of being stretched too thin.

Wanting support that helps you stay grounded, clear, and more confident in hard family dynamics.

Trying to coparent with an ex or partner when communication feels tense, reactive, or high-conflict.

Ready for therapy that feels practical, grounded, and genuinely helpful.

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Meet Cheryl

Warm, clear, practical

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Cheryl works with adults carrying anxiety, trauma, parenting stress, addiction concerns, relationship strain, and the kind of overwhelm that makes everyday life feel harder than it should.

Her style is honest, compassionate, and steady. She creates therapy that feels grounded and useful, with warmth, structure, and real support for the hard stuff.

Healing starts with honesty delivered with compassion.

Areas of Support

Cheryl supports adults dealing with parenting stress, conflict, trauma, addiction, burnout, and emotional overwhelm.

Her work is warm, structured, and practical, with steady support for people who want clarity, accountability, and real progress.

Parenting stress

Coparenting conflict

Addiction and habit change

Anxiety and burnout

Trauma recovery

Neurodivergence

Boundaries and relationships

Grief and loss

What Therapy Feels Like

Supportive without shame

Practical support

Honest and compassionate

Warm and approachable

Clear and structured

Therapy with Cheryl feels steady, practical, and grounded in real progress.

Cheryl creates a space where people can bring the hard stuff without judgment and work through it with structure, warmth, and gentle accountability.

Ready to take the next step?

You can book a Discovery Call, or explore your options on our Start Here page.

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Limestone Clinic Pattern

Questions People Often Ask Cheryl

You do not need to have everything figured out before you start therapy. Here are a few questions people often ask before booking with Cheryl.

1. What if I think I might have ADHD or be neurodivergent?

You do not need a diagnosis to start here.

You do not need a formal diagnosis to start therapy with Cheryl. She works with many adults who suspect they may be neurodivergent and want help understanding their patterns, managing overload, and building coping strategies that actually fit.

2. Can Cheryl help with addiction or habits that feel hard to change?

Support for habits that feel hard to change.

Yes. Cheryl works with people struggling with alcohol, gambling, emotional eating, internet overuse, and other habits that feel difficult to get a handle on. You do not have to have everything figured out or be fully ready to quit before starting.

3. What if I have tried therapy before and it felt too vague?

A strong fit if past therapy felt too vague.

Cheryl is often a great fit for people who want therapy to feel clear, practical, and structured. She tends to balance warmth and compassion with concrete tools, coping strategies, and a stronger sense of direction.

4. Can Cheryl help if I feel overwhelmed and do not even know where to start?

Help sorting through overwhelm and mental clutter.

Absolutely. Cheryl works well with people who feel mentally cluttered, emotionally overloaded, burnt out, or like life has become too much to sort through alone. She helps people break things down into something more manageable.

5. Does Cheryl work with parents or coparents who are struggling?

Support for parents and struggling coparents.

Yes. Cheryl can be a strong fit for parents who want help with parenting stress, emotional regulation, boundaries, or coping more effectively. She can also support separated parents and coparents who want help communicating better, reducing conflict, and making things less chaotic for everyone involved.

6. Will Cheryl give me practical tools, or is therapy mostly talking?

Concrete tools, not just talking.

Cheryl tends to be very practical. Therapy with her often includes coping tools, emotional regulation strategies, communication support, boundary-setting, and realistic next steps to help life feel more doable.

7. Can Cheryl help with trauma, difficult relationships, or rebuilding confidence?

Support for trauma, confidence, and rebuilding.

Yes. Cheryl works with people who have experienced trauma, abuse, difficult relationship dynamics, grief, and major life transitions. She helps people rebuild confidence, increase stability, and feel more like themselves again.
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