Cheryl Bellingham, BACP

Cheryl Bellingham is a counsellor who helps people facing relationship strain, grief, trauma, anxiety and low self-esteem. She also supports those dealing with stress, sleep problems, parenting pressures and major life changes. Cheryl names aging and geriatric issues among her areas of focus. She practises in the United Kingdom and works in English. Cheryl uses approaches that centre the person's experience and choices. She draws on Client-Centred Therapy to make space for what matters most to someone. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps her clients spot unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding. Motivational Interviewing can be used when people want to make a change but feel stuck. Her practice includes work with grief, domestic violence, chronic illness and caregiver stress, as well as abandonment and attachment-related concerns. Cheryl supports people coping with career setbacks, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD and compassion fatigue, and she offers guidance around intimacy and commitment worries. She also attends to issues around chronic pain and co-morbidity. Cheryl holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. She has five years' experience working with these concerns. Sessions use a subscription system that can be cancelled at any time; costs vary with location and therapist availability. To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button and completes a short matching questionnaire. After that they can schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability. International clients are not currently accepted.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own perspective. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is said and helps the person find their own ways forward. This approach suits people who want a supportive space to understand feelings and decisions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses simple exercises and experiments to test unhelpful thinking and build different habits. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems and stress-related difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will work with each person to decide what feels most useful based on their goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and may change as therapy progresses.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions more easily around daily life and reducing travel time. Online work can make shorter check-ins and flexible scheduling simpler to arrange. The original profile does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm available options before booking to make sure they suit your routine and technical needs.