- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Cheryl
Cheryl Bellingham offers support for parents and individuals facing parenting challenges, relationship strain, grief, trauma, anxiety, depression and stress. She writes plainly and listens closely to understand what feels most urgent. Her approach aims to help people find clearer ways to cope and make practical changes that fit their daily life.
Cheryl draws on five years of practice to guide conversations that feel manageable. She uses client-centred ways of working to place the person's experience at the heart of sessions.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, often called CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build new routines. Motivational Interviewing supports people who want to make changes but feel stuck. In sessions Cheryl focuses on real problems and small steps that can be tried between meetings.
She helps parents talk through parenting challenges and supports people dealing with grief, trauma, sleep difficulties, anger and low self-esteem. She also works with issues like chronic illness, caregiving stress and career concerns. Cheryl is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
She practises in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Her background includes work with complex emotional issues such as attachment, abandonment, domestic violence and dissociation. People can expect straightforward conversation, practical suggestions and collaborative goal-setting.
Cheryl encourages gradual change and checks progress regularly. She aims to make therapy feel useful and relevant to everyday life.
What Cheryl works with
Everything Cheryl lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Cheryl helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cheryl lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Cheryl’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the centre of sessions. It involves attentive listening, reflecting what matters most and adapting the pace to the person. This approach is useful for building trust and exploring parenting worries, grief or low self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It uses simple exercises and practical tasks to shift unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, sleep problems and mood downswings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will discuss options and collaborate to choose methods that match goals and preferences. Together they set small, achievable steps and review progress as therapy continues.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day and use less internet bandwidth. Live chat or messaging suits shorter check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer typing rather than speaking.
These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around parenting, work and daily life. Registered professionals and therapists can adapt tools and exercises to each online format so the work remains practical and focused.
Questions people ask about Cheryl
What concerns does Cheryl help with?
She supports parents and individuals with parenting difficulties, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression and stress. Additional areas include sleep problems, anger, self-esteem and caregiving stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Cheryl works in a warm, client-centred way that keeps the person's experience central. She combines practical steps with reflective conversation to help people try small changes between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of experience working with a range of emotional and family-related issues. Her work has included complex topics such as attachment, abandonment and domestic violence.
What credentials and location apply?
Cheryl is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, noted as BACP, and she practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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