Advancing wellness in a stressful world through consultancy and authorship, Dr. Carol J. Cherich

Carol Cherich earned a PhD from Capella University in 2014 that required defending a dissertation focusing on psychosocial stress and alcohol abuse among males of Hispanic descent. Her Master’s graduate thesis on the other hand looked into the treatment and recovery of addicted parents.

Dr. Cherich has been a licensed clinician in both mental health and addictions for over 15 (fifteen) years. She is very familiar with the military culture, having trained as a medic during active-duty service. She now works with soldiers, veterans, and family members in the military community. Alongside that, she also does yoga classes having been a certified 200-hour level instructor. Dr. Cherich also provides clinical supervision for graduate counseling students and offers consultation services on her area specialty.

She has a wealth of knowledge and experience having been in the wellness sector for close to two decades. Working in both mental health and addictions has made her realize that stress is the disease of the twenty-first century and that the only thing constant in life is change. Coincidentally, much of her work was conceived during COVID-19 pandemic, a taxing time for everyone in the United States and around the world. In her long service as an instructor and consultant, Dr. Cherich has authored several prolific instructional and reference materials both from her graduate work and from work experience. Such materials include an e-book titled “Moving beyond Stress”, an instructional guide on managing stress through carefully thought-out individual and group activities. She’s also authored ‘Psychosocial stress and alcohol abuse among Hispanic males’, an eye-opening analysis of stress among Hispanics in the US, ‘Treatment and recovery of addicted parents’, yet another insightful material on addiction management, and ‘Outline for yoga class’, a detailed and informative step by step guide for chair yoga instructors.

An important “take-away” for wellness enthusiasts, instructors, and coaches (and those struggling with stress) from Carol’s journey and work ethic is the recognition that the society needs to focus more on stress reduction, mindfulness, relaxation and the fun factor in life! Her dedication to service to humanity through offering general counseling services, case-specific consultancy, and instruction, particularly to the military veterans presents fundamental lessons on commitment to one’s resolve, and intransigence.

Dr. Cherich has a grown daughter, who served in the Air Force and is now married to a retired Air Force veteran, and a grandson in Arizona. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, home decoration, the arts, and genealogy. She also relishes travel and has been to over forty states, Canada, and in Europe. She can be reached via 301-956-3185 and drcarol@cherishconsulting.com / checa303@gmail.com. More information about her including her publications and work can be accessed found www.cherishconsulting.com and www.veteransyogaproject.org.