About Cherisse
Cherisse Amusa helps people manage stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship strains and the impact of past trauma. She supports people dealing with family problems, issues around intimacy and self-esteem, work strain and questions about life purpose. Cherisse also addresses sleeping difficulties, compassion fatigue and challenges linked to attachment and abandonment.
Cherisse uses a straightforward style. She listens first and works with each person to set simple goals. Sessions focus on practical steps and skills people can try between meetings.
How Cherisse works
She explains ideas in everyday language and keeps sessions focused and calm. Her background includes work in criminal justice and a variety of clinical settings such as non-profits, independent practice and employee assistance programmes. Cherisse holds the NCPS credential.
That background informs how she understands risk, systems and real-life pressures. In practice she blends approaches rather than sticking to one model. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviours.
Mindfulness exercises help with grounding and reducing reactivity. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship patterns and intimacy concerns. People can expect an open, collaborative space to talk about painful experiences and practical ways forward.
Cherisse adapts pace and focus to the person in front of her. She accepts clients in the United Kingdom and internationally and works in English.
Cherisse lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Cherisse works with
The areas below are the ones Cherisse selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions use conversation and reflective questions to identify those patterns and try new ways of connecting and expressing needs. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and then practises small changes; this can be done through exercises, worksheets and homework between video sessions. Mindfulness therapy introduces simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and focus, and these practices can be guided in live sessions or sent as short prompts for home practice.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Cherisse will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then agree a blended plan to try. That collaborative decision can be revisited as work progresses so techniques match changing needs.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and suit people who prefer no camera. Live chat and text messaging enable brief check-ins, journalling-style reflections and timely support between appointments. These options help therapy fit around work, family commitments and different energy levels.
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