Cheryl Bellingham

Cheryl Bellingham is a counsellor who supports people facing grief, trauma, anxiety and depression. She helps with relationship problems, stress, self-esteem and the emotional strain of life changes. Cheryl also assists with parenting concerns, sleep difficulties, anger and challenges such as bipolar disorder and ADHD.

Cheryl aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about painful experiences. She listens closely and helps clients name what they are feeling. Conversations are kept simple and focused on small, practical steps that can be tried between sessions.

Over five years she has worked with adults and with children, offering ways for younger clients to express themselves that make sense for their age. Her approach blends listening with structured techniques to tackle unhelpful thoughts and to process traumatic memories when needed.

Cheryl is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She uses Client-Centred Therapy to follow what each person brings, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to change distressing thought patterns, Motivational Interviewing to support change, and Trauma-Focused Therapy when past events are getting in the way of daily life.

When someone gets in touch she asks a few simple questions to understand needs and goals. Sessions follow what the person wants to work on, and practical coping strategies are developed together. If you prefer, use the site matching tool to book and schedule according to the counsellor's availability.

How Cheryl’s approaches work with online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and following what the person brings. The counsellor offers acceptance and gentleness so people can find their own ways to change and heal; this helps with grief, low self-worth and relationship worries.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It uses simple tools and exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and build new habits, which can ease anxiety, depression and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will discuss options with each person and agree what to try first. That choice is made together, based on needs, goals and what feels manageable in everyday life.

Please confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving and travel, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid the need to travel to appointments. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and homework for remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.