Cherrie Phillips is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has been practicing since 2014. She specializes in treating trauma, depression and anxiety and has experience working in a vast range of treatment settings at all levels of care; including detox, residential and intensive outpatient.   

Cherrie has provided individual, family, couples and group therapy for populations ranging from children to adolescents and adults. Practicing as a certificated Dialectical Behavioral Therapist, she utilizes an integrated and trauma-informed approach through a psychodynamic lens. Cherrie also uses evidenced based modalities to support clients in unlocking the growth they wish to see. 

Cherrie prides herself on being a civil minded, culturally aware therapist, and particularly enjoys working with marginalized populations to guide them in unpacking and healing generational trauma. She utilizes a combination of empathy, humor and psychoeducation to create a safe therapeutic space to encourage exploration, vulnerability, growth and insight building.

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