Cheryl Sexton
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
13 yrs experience
Updated August 3, 2026 How we verify
About
Cheryl Sexton is an independently licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who owns Sexton Counseling Services in Chandler, Arizona, opened in 2013. She works from a family-systems perspective with couples, families, and individuals, and describes her practice as welcoming and affirming to LGBTQA+ clients. Her stated background includes work at a suicide prevention center during her undergraduate and graduate studies at Arizona State University, a supervisory role at a local refugee resettlement agency, director-level experience on an inpatient substance-abuse hospital crisis unit, and teaching Human Sexuality at University of Phoenix.
Services
- Family Conflict
- Behavioral Issues
- Marital and Premarital Counseling
- Couples Counseling
- LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Life Transitions
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- School Issues
- Sex Therapy
- Substance Use
- Teen Violence
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma and Loss
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Family/Marital Therapy
- Family Systems
- Relational Therapy
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Marriage and Family Therapy
State licenses
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Arizona · License #LMFT-10392 · LMFT Active
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Nevada · License #4117-R · LMFT Active
expires 2028-01-01
Reputation
- Healthgrades Rated 3.4 / 5 5 reviews
- Sharecare Rated 3.4 / 5 5 reviews
What clients praise
- Helpful, practical strategies
- Described as "a true gift" by at least one reviewer
Common critiques
- Perceived lack of empathy in at least one session
- Appointment/cancellation concerns
Red flags
- One reviewer (Healthgrades, Feb 2024) described the therapist accusing them and their child of "triangulation" and telling them to "get out" during a session involving a suicidal child; this appears in a single review, not a repeated pattern across multiple reviewers
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 9 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Full name, credentials, practice name, address, phone, licenses (AZ/NV/FL), education, specialties, issues treated, modalities, populations, fees, insurance, session formats, and profile photo (psychologytoday.com)
provider website (About page)
- Bio, education detail, career background, years of mental-health work, LGBTQ Capstone certificate (sextoncounseling.com)
provider website (Contact page)
- Practice address, phone, email, telehealth service area (sextoncounseling.com)
provider website (home page)
- Practice tagline and services overview (sextoncounseling.com)
NPPES registry
- NPI number 1396185435, taxonomy Marriage & Family Therapist, enumeration date July 3, 2013, address at 1351 N Alma School Rd, Chandler AZ (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
Healthgrades directory
- Rating 3.4/5 from 5 reviews, address, review sentiment (mixed, one negative review on empathy/conduct) (healthgrades.com)
Sharecare directory
- Rating 3.4/5 from 5 reviews, positive review excerpt (sharecare.com)
TherapyFinder directory
- License number LMFT-10392, self-pay/sliding-scale note, and a differing 'not accepting new clients' status versus Psychology Today (therapyfinder.com)
Facebook business page
- Existence of official practice Facebook page (facebook.com)