About Cheryl
Cheryl Steele offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, parenting pressures, low self-esteem or life changes. She is named in the first line so readers know who they would be meeting. Cheryl focuses on helping people find small, sustainable steps that lead to steadier days and clearer choices.
Cheryl has five years of experience and is registered with AHPRA. She aims to build a respectful and welcoming space where clients can talk honestly about what is hard.
How Cheryl works
Sessions centre on the person’s goals and strengths rather than labels or blame. Her work draws from several evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She also uses Emotionally-Focused and attachment-informed ideas when relationship patterns or emotional connection feel important.
These methods are adapted to suit each person’s situation and pace. Cheryl supports people dealing with depression, anxiety, ADHD, addictions, grief, trauma and many practical concerns like sleep problems, anger or caregiver stress. She can also help with identity and LGBT matters, body image, communication problems, and life transitions.
Therapy typically involves talking through immediate problems, trying out new ways of responding, and practising skills between sessions. Cheryl encourages a collaborative approach where the client’s values and choices shape the work. The aim is clearer thinking, steadier emotions and more workable steps forward.
Cheryl lists 9 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
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | AHPRA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to the person and helping them take small actions that align with those values. It suits people struggling with anxiety, avoidance or when life changes feel overwhelming.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It uses practical exercises and experiments to reduce worry, lift low mood, improve sleep and change unhelpful patterns.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and change how they respond to strong emotions and relationship distress. It can be useful when patterns of withdrawal or conflict make everyday life harder.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, preferences and current needs, and will adjust the plan over time based on what helps.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging so therapy can fit around busy days. Video is good for face-to-face connection, phone needs less bandwidth, live chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to attend sessions from different locations and to keep therapy consistent during life changes.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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