About Cheryl
Cheryl Bellingham supports people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety and stress. She also helps with parenting pressures, sleeping difficulties, anger, self-esteem, career issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Cheryl is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration.
Cheryl offers a calm, respectful space where people can talk through painful experiences. She listens without judging and focuses on what each person needs right now. Sessions aim to make emotions easier to understand and to identify small, practical steps for coping.
How Cheryl works
Her approach blends client-centred work with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Motivational Interviewing. She also uses trauma-focused methods when past hurt is the main issue. These methods are used to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new ways of coping, and find motivation to change.
With five years of experience, Cheryl has worked with a wide range of concerns including complex grief, family conflict, chronic illness and relationship issues. She pays attention to how past experiences shape present feelings and patterns. Sessions can take different shapes to suit practical needs.
Cheryl adapts pacing and techniques so conversations feel manageable. The focus is on helping people build skills they can use between sessions. People wanting to begin are invited to take a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
This process helps match goals and practical arrangements before therapy starts.
Cheryl lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Cheryl works with
The areas below are the ones Cheryl selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Cheryl's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. It helps people feel heard and supported while they explore their thoughts and emotions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour that make problems worse and offers practical exercises to try at home to change those patterns.Cheryl works with the client to choose which approach fits best. She discusses goals, preferences and what feels manageable, then adjusts methods as therapy progresses. This collaborative process helps make sure the work is useful and suits the person rather than forcing a single method.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat gives a shorter, focused check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and health needs while accessing registered or accredited professionals.
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