Dr. Cheryl Mansfeld is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with extensive experience providing mental health services in the civilian and military sectors. She is currently licensed in Virginia, New York, and DC. Dr. Mansfield earned a Master’s degree in Social Work (1998) and a Ph.D. in Social Work specializing in Human Services Development (2015). She served in the Virginia Army National Guard as a Behavior Science Officer for twelve years. Dr. Mansfield has worked in the Newport News/Hampton, Virginia area for 20 plus years to include a Renal Social Worker at Gambro Healthcare, Therapist at Center for Child & Family Services, Director of the Girl’s unit at Keystone Youth Center, Supervisor for the Military and Family Life Program (MFLC) with Centene Healthcare, and Regional Director for the MFLC program for Strategic Resources Inc. Dr. Mansfield’s goal in counseling is to help explore your stressors in life, to build awareness around how those stressors affect you, and to work with you to build some techniques and coping skills to alleviate the intensity of that stress and pain. Whether your challenges come from within, your environment, or both, the major focus is to help you identify and overcome any obstacles that you may be experiencing. Successful treatment outcomes often depend on a combination of approaches to resolve problems; therefore, a variety of evidence- based approaches aimed at giving clients efficient, long-standing relief are utilized. Dr. Mansfield emphasizes a strength-based perspective, and her approach is holistic and eclectic that includes techniques from cognitive-behavioral therapy, person-centered therapy, and solution-focused therapy. She is passionate about working with individuals to successfully overcome their specific life challenges that led them to seek out therapeutic services. The goal is to provide individuals with a warm, welcoming environment where they can relax while sharing their thoughts and feelings. Most of all the emphasis is on providing a positive, safe, supportive, and confidential environment.