Cheryl Smart, NCPS

Cheryl Smart is a counsellor who works from a client-centred stance. She brings four years of experience counselling in schools, healthcare settings and online, and focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. Cheryl aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity and compassion, and she adapts conversation and plans to each person’s needs.

In sessions Cheryl uses practical, evidence-informed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based techniques. She helps people talk through grief and loss, trauma and abuse, motivation struggles, and other life transitions. She also supports those facing long-term difficulties like chronic illness, caregiver strain and ageing-related concerns.

Cheryl has worked with people dealing with relationships, intimacy-related issues, parenting tensions and family stress. She can also help with mood differences such as depression, bipolar and ADHD-related challenges, and with struggles around eating, sleeping and anger.

Her work is collaborative and straightforward. Cheryl listens first, then helps set small, manageable goals. She uses practical tools from approaches such as DBT and CBT when those strategies fit the person’s aims.

Cheryl is registered with NCPS and offers services from the United Kingdom. Sessions are conducted in English and she accepts international clients. To start, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Cheryl draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as core tools in her work. ACT focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take actions that match their values; it is often used for anxiety, low mood and life changes. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with stress, sleeping problems and mood differences.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Cheryl will discuss your goals and preferences, try techniques, and adjust the plan as you go. The emphasis is on working together to find what actually helps in day-to-day life rather than committing to a single method from the start.

The biography confirms Cheryl has worked online, but it does not list specific session formats. Please check the available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it straightforward to continue sessions when people move or are in different countries.