Andjie Cherichel

Andjie Cherichel is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Certified (LCSW-C) practicing in Maryland with nine years of experience. She helps people who are facing relationship strain, family difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and major life transitions. Sessions are conducted in English and Haitian Creole.

Andjie focuses on practical conversation and active listening. She uses client-centered methods to hear what matters most to each person. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas when patterns of thinking get in the way of daily functioning. Motivational interviewing and narrative techniques also appear in her work to help people find momentum and reframe difficult stories.

Her background includes navigating systems and supporting people through changes related to adoption and foster care, abandonment, caregiving stress, and aging. She also addresses attachment concerns, communication problems, codependency, and issues that follow divorce or separation. First responder challenges and fatherhood matters are listed among her additional areas of focus.

In sessions Andjie works to create a space where clients can talk through feelings and consider practical next steps. She pays attention to how thoughts, behaviors, and relationships interact. That approach helps when someone feels stuck after a change or unsure what to do next.

People meet with her to sort through immediate problems and to plan manageable steps forward. She explains options clearly and aims to collaborate on goals and small experiments to try between meetings.

Approaches used in online sessions and how they help

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what a person says so they can clarify priorities and feel heard; it works well for relational concerns and feeling unsure about next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to test new ways of thinking when low mood or anxiety interfere with daily life. Existential Therapy invites discussion about meaning, values, and choice when someone faces major life transitions or questions what comes next.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Andjie treats the choice of method as collaborative - she and the client will consider goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in early sessions. If a technique doesn’t fit, they adjust together and try different ways of working.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm the current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into weekdays or busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and let someone join without needing travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt the approaches above to remote meetings so the focus stays on practical steps and conversations that move things forward.