Cherie Dakota
Licensed Therapist, MSW, LMSW
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Taking care of your mental health is just as important as taking care of your physical health. Utilizing therapeutic tools to "retrain your brain" provides relief and gives you the power to understand and manage your mental health. I take a team approach to treating OCD. You're the expert on how OCD manifests in your life; I'm the catalyst to educate you about ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention therapy) and help you manage OCD symptoms. As we work together, you'll gain control over OCD, instead of OCD controlling you. I also specialize in managing anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, and crisis intervention.
Taking care of your mental health is just as important as taking care of your physical health. Utilizing therapeutic tools to "retrain your brain" provides relief and gives you the power to understand and manage your mental health. I take a team approach to treating OCD. You're the expert on how OCD manifests in your life; I'm the catalyst to educate you about ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention therapy) and help you manage OCD symptoms. As we work together, you'll gain control over OCD, instead of OCD controlling you. I also specialize in managing anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, and crisis intervention.
Location
Licensed in Alabama, Florida, Michigan
About
Clinical Expertise
OCD, Anxiety, Depression, Phobias, Skin picking, Hair pulling, Nail biting, Tics, Children and Adolescents
Cultural competencies
Christianity, Other
Education
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
Insurance
Plans accepted by Cherie
Aetna, Ascension SmartHealth, Blue Care Network HMO, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, Cigna, Curative, Forest County Potawatomi, Horizon BCBS, Imagine Health, Independence Blue Cross, Oscar Health, Partners Direct Health, Priority Health, United Healthcare,
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Why our members love working with Cherie
I.S.
Amazing therapist! I've never had an experience with therapy before, so I was pleasantly surprised to have such a kind and understanding therapist as my first one. She is a great listener and helps me to feel more at ease with my mind.
I.S.
Every session leaves me feeling a bit lighter and less anxious. She's an amazing listener and makes me feel comfortable enough to be vulnerable about my issues. I feel very happy with this therapist's selection and hope to continue with her on my journey!
K.B.
Cherie is so fantastic! She is an amazing therapist for ERP and teaching me the steps to recognize my OCD, analyze it, make a hierarchy and develop ERP for it. I have become more intune with my emotions/feelings and controlling how they affect me. She is patient and will go over steps over and over again but always leaves room for the patient to come up with ideas and have revelations. I had very little awareness of the pervasiveness of my mental compulsions or physical compulsions but now I can identify when it comes up and use the skills we practice in therapy. It feels so amazing to have moments again when I am not controlled at all by my OCD.
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