Sheri Pate

Sheri Pate is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who centers sessions on mindfulness and practical tools. She emphasizes accepting clients where they are and teaching simple practices to manage stress and difficult emotions. Sheri draws on long experience guiding people toward more enjoyment and meaning in life. Sheri has practiced since 2002 and brings 16 years of clinical experience in California. She uses mindfulness exercises, guided imagery, and deep relaxation to help people calm their minds and notice what matters. These exercises are paired with approaches that focus on relationships and thoughts so clients can try new ways of handling challenges. Her work covers common concerns such as anxiety, stress, depression, grief, trauma, and issues around intimacy and relationships. She also supports people coping with ADHD, chronic illness, career strain, parenting stress, and attachment or family of origin questions. Sheri helps people deal with anger, low self-esteem, and the emptiness that can follow hard losses. Sheri earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from UCLA and a master’s degree in counseling psychology from California Lutheran University. Growing up in a diverse Los Angeles neighborhood shaped her respect for different backgrounds and life paths. She identifies as Hispanic Caucasian and is a first-generation college graduate. In sessions she blends client-centered listening with methods from cognitive and interpersonal approaches. Sheri also leads mind-body practices and created a simple card game called Witness Cards to help people notice patterns and choose small changes. Her aim is to help people accept themselves and, when ready, make confident, lasting changes.

How Sheri’s approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior. In plain terms it helps people notice patterns in close relationships and try new ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes being heard and understood; the therapist follows the client’s lead and reflects what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and actions that keep problems going and offers concrete strategies to change them. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sheri collaborates with clients to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Together they try techniques and adjust the plan if something does not feel helpful. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm the current online options before booking. Many people find remote sessions useful for fitting therapy into busy lives, such as shorter check-ins during lunch, steady weekly meetings, or practice of mindfulness exercises between sessions. Online sessions can make it easier to continue guided imagery and relaxation work without travel, and they allow people to bring in day-to-day challenges for immediate discussion. Ask about the available session formats when you schedule to choose what works best for your routine.