
Dr. Cheryl Mims
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
California therapists accepting new clients
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About Cheryl
I am licensed in California with 30 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with grief and loss, & bipolar disorder. I also have experience working with depression. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
What Cheryl helps with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Communication problems
- Infidelity
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
How Cheryl works
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
What clients say
- “Outstanding therapist and extremely responsive and relatable. Better Help is very easy to use!”
- “Dr. Mims listens attentively and offers her objective feedback in a gentle yet firm manner. After the session, I took away a tool to influence my perspective in a relationship or past experience, which I truly believe will help me heal.”
- “She is an amazing therapist. Having someone to listen to me and helping me to deal with my emotions and feelings is something I have always looked for. I would highly recommend her”
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- “She’s very nice! I look forward to getting to know her better and sharing my thoughts with her.”
- “Good insight”
- “She has helped me and she is so professional I would recommend her and she even checks on me she is my first therapist and the best she has a great listening ear”
- “Thank you!”
- “Dr. Mims is very helpful and understanding.”
- “Friendly and professional”
- “She has been so helpful and attentive! Her honesty is so refreshing!”
- “Dr. Mims is not my first therapist, but she’s the first to make me feel so comfortable opening up to her in the first session. She’s very knowledgeable and empathetic. She regularly checks in. She’s exactly who I was looking for.”
- “Dr. Mims provides great insight and is a good listener.”
- “Excellent conversation. She listened to me go over my history of treatment and personal problems surrounding my diagnosis. She regularly reaches out via messages to check on me. She reminds me to affirm my successes and to not be critically comparative of myself to others. Great session. Thank you Dr. Mims.”
- “Good experience so far after 1 session”
- “very understanding and fun, gives me the type of relationship i need with a therapist”
These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.





