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Specialty Areas:
Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Eating Disorders, Spiritual
Doubt/Spiritual Conflicts, Anger Solutions, Perfectionism,
Addiction, Boundaries, Premarital Counseling, Marriage
Counseling, Relational Issues, Work-Related Conflicts,
Assertiveness.
If you are in the Orange County area and would like to schedule an appointment- call: 949-481-8041
Education: Dr. Cheryl Meier received her doctorate in
Clinical Psychology from Rosemead Graduate School of
Psychology.
Specialty Training and Experience: Dr. Cheryl Meier, Licensed Psychologist, works at her
private practice location in Laguna Hills,
in Southern California. The office is located off of Lake Forest Ave., where the 5 and 405 freeways meet together.
Dr. Cheryl has previously been a co-host
on a weekly radio show (Chicago, 1160 AM WYRLL, Dallas, KWRD
100.7 FM, LA, KKLA 99.5 FM) with the focus on: educating the
public on psychological topics, identifying some of the
physiological origins of psychological disorders, and
integrating faith/spiritual understanding with psychology.
Dr. Cheryl Meier has worked in a
variety of settings with individuals and groups including:
Irvine Unified School District, Biola University Counseling
Center, Solutions Nonprofit Community Counseling Center,
Charter Hospital, Montreal General Hospital, Jan & Dave
Congo Inc., and the Silicon Valley Psychological Group with
inpatients and outpatients including: adults, couples,
adolescents, children, students, families, and seniors. Dr.
Meier also had the opportunity to work in the Chemical
Dependency and Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program of
Charter Hospital.
Teaching:
Dr. Cheryl Meier teaches Seminars
across the country. Her local teaching has included
training the Lay Counseling Team of Saddleback Church and
working with leadership team-members of Mariner's Church,
South Coast.
Dr. Meier offers her unique
perspective and abilities that she developed through her
previous experience and education, in addition to the training
she received from her internship in Montreal, Quebec (Canada).
She worked at the Montreal General Hospital which is part of
the McGill University Consortium. While there she was trained
in the use of language in psychotherapy. She also went through
intensive training in Short Term Dynamic Therapy (Davanloo) in
Montreal where it originated.
Therapy Style:She
has experience working with a number of different clinical
populations and clinical problems. She normally takes a
psychodynamic approach to therapy. Dr. Meier is known
for her quick approach in therapy. She is skilled at
getting to the core of problems quickly and effectively so
that her clients can begin the work of letting go of patterns
that have kept them from experiencing the health, happiness,
and connectedness that they have longed for.
Publications:
Dr.Cheryl is the author of
Unbreakable
Bonds (Baker Book House), a teen-devotional: I
Know Just How You Feel; and Happiness is a Choice for
Teens
"Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you." ~Jesus
"You show what you want by what
you do." ~ Dr. Allen Surkis
"You must be the change you wish
to see in the world." ~Mahatma Gandhi
Goodbye to Elliott
Smith, August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003
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