Sherri Kardell

Sherri Kardell is a licensed marriage and family therapist and life coach in California (CA LMFT 113970) with 7 years of clinical experience. She is a female, older, non-religious, liberal therapist who offers psychotherapy and coaching to individuals navigating difficult life transitions.

Sherri works with people coping with grief after the loss of a significant loved one, the end of an important relationship, or the experience of a broken heart. She supports clients who feel stuck in cycles of stops and starts, who seek a greater sense of inner calm, or who notice repetitive patterns of loneliness, difficulty defining life purpose, or trouble forming and maintaining intimate partnerships.

Her work focuses on strengthening self-confidence and helping clients live more authentic lives, resolving relationship conflicts, and processing early relational wounding and trauma so faulty beliefs and unconscious patterns can shift. She primarily uses an attachment-based understanding of human development that aims to reclaim parts of the self that were set aside to adapt to early conditioning - often tied to cultural norms, rigid gender expectations, and outdated social standards. Sherri offers a range of tools to help people reconnect with their core sense of self and address the relational wounds that have shaped beliefs about worthiness.

In addition to seven years of practice, Sherri has earned the highest level of education in her field and has committed to a decade of spiritual practice, which she says has deepened her empathy and attunement to subtle, unconscious signals. She uses a hybrid approach to psychotherapy that often includes life coaching and likens her role to the Celtic concept of a “soul friend” - someone who acts as a confidant and understands you at a deep level. She tailors conversations and treatment plans to each person’s specific goals, and she acknowledges that taking a first step toward change often requires courage - she is available to support that process.