About Cheryl
Cheryl Hughes helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or relationship strain. She is a counsellor with five years' experience and works in English with people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Cheryl uses straightforward conversation and steady support to help people feel understood and begin to find ways forward.
Cheryl takes a person-centred approach that focuses on each individual's experience. Sessions are paced to suit the person in the room, with plenty of space to talk and to reflect.
How Cheryl works
She also draws on trauma-focused methods when people bring histories of abuse, loss or other distressing events. People come to Cheryl for a wide range of concerns, including depression, anger, sexual and other forms of trauma, intimacy and self-esteem problems, and life changes such as career transition or bereavement.
She also works with issues related to identity and LGBT concerns, body image and caregiving stress. Conversations focus on practical coping, clearer boundaries and rebuilding confidence. Cheryl is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society.
Those credentials are listed as BACP and NCPS. She brings a calm, unhurried manner and respect for each person's story. Initial contacts are simple and practical.
Cheryl talks through what sessions will look like and what a person hopes to achieve before any commitment is made. This helps make taking the first step easier for people who feel nervous about starting therapy.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | BACP, NCPS |
|---|---|
| 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
Therapeutic approaches for online sessions
Cheryl commonly uses a person-centred style and trauma-focused methods in her online work. Person-centred counselling means the therapist listens closely, reflects what is said and helps people identify their own goals; it suits those who need space to make sense of their feelings. Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on understanding and reducing the impact of past traumatic events, and it can help with symptoms that follow abuse, loss or shocking experiences.Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Cheryl will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. That collaborative process is used to adjust the focus over time if different tools are needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video lets people speak face to face when that matters, while phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, written reflection or fitting support into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy going around work, family commitments and other practical constraints.
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