Andjie Cherichel, LICSW, LCSW-C

Andjie Cherichel is a licensed social worker who focuses on helping people navigate relationships, family conflict, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and life changes. She brings a practical, person-centered style to sessions and aims to make it easier for someone to talk about hard things. Andjie works in Maryland and speaks English and Haitian Creole.

She uses approaches that center the person’s experience and goals. Conversations are meant to be direct and collaborative, so people leave with clearer next steps they can try between sessions. Andjie draws on techniques that help reframe unhelpful thoughts and build motivation for change.

Her work includes attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, parenting and fatherhood issues, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, and problems with communication and codependency. She also supports people dealing with aging and geriatric issues, body image, feelings of emptiness, and the aftermath of divorce and separation.

With nine years of clinical experience, Andjie has helped people find practical ways to cope with first responder stress, forgiveness struggles, and control issues. Sessions emphasize listening first, then working toward concrete goals that fit each person’s life.

Beginning therapy with Andjie involves a gentle, step-by-step process. She encourages a straightforward conversation about what matters most to the client and builds a plan from there.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Client-centered work focuses on the person’s experience and priorities. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and follows the client’s lead to set goals and next steps. This style helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to sort out feelings and make decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions using CBT break problems into manageable pieces and test small changes that can shift mood and behavior over time. This approach often helps with self-esteem, coping skills, and managing reactions to stressful events.

Existential ideas are about meaning, choice, and responsibility. When people face life transitions or feelings of emptiness, these conversations help clarify values and options rather than offering one-size-fits-all answers.

Finding the right mix is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful, then try approaches that fit. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust methods as needs change.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, since options are not listed here. Online sessions can make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow quicker check-ins between commitments. Talk with the therapist about how to arrange sessions around work, caregiving, or other daily demands.