Cheryl Bellingham

• Relationship problems
• Trauma and abuse
• CBT methods

About Cheryl

Cheryl Bellingham works on relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety and parenting concerns, using client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques, motivational interviewing and trauma-focused methods. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has five years' experience.

Cheryl meets people who are dealing with life changes, stress, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem and intimacy-related difficulties. She also supports those affected by chronic illness, cancer, caregiver stress, abandonment and attachment issues. Her practice lists additional focus areas including blended family issues, codependency, divorce and separation, dissociation and emptiness.

In sessions she listens to what matters most to each person and helps them find practical ways to cope. Cognitive behavioural approaches are used to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviours. Motivational interviewing can help people make and sustain change when motivation feels mixed.

Cheryl also offers trauma-focused work to help people process distressing experiences and reduce their ongoing impact. She uses client-centred methods to keep conversations grounded in the person's own goals and priorities. This combination aims to be direct and practical rather than vague.

She works in the United Kingdom and records five years of professional experience with the BACP. Sessions are conducted in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

To begin, users follow the site process to match with a counsellor and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How Cheryl uses therapeutic approaches in online work

Cheryl draws on cognitive behavioural therapy and trauma-focused work as core approaches. Cognitive behavioural therapy helps people notice and test unhelpful thoughts and try out different behaviours, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep difficulties. Trauma-focused work helps people address the impact of traumatic events and reduce their ongoing effects through structured, step-by-step methods.

She also uses client-centred practice to keep the sessions focused on the client's own goals and experience, and motivational interviewing to support changes when motivation feels uncertain. Choosing an approach is a collaborative task in the early sessions; the counsellor and client discuss goals and preferences and agree what fits best as they go.

The practical benefits of working online include fitting sessions more easily around work and family commitments and reducing travel time. If you want to check which session formats are offered for this counsellor, confirm the current options before booking. Online work aims to make counselling easier to schedule and to keep continuity between appointments.

Topics Cheryl lists

• Relationship issues
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Stress and 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 and 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

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Motivational Interviewing
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Cheryl

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is listed among the concerns she supports, including stress and sleep problems.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses client-centred work alongside cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing and trauma-focused approaches.

What is her experience?

She has five years of professional experience in counselling practice.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

Yes. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I book sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she take international clients?

No. International clients are not currently accepted.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions operate through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.