About Cheryl
Cheryl Freedman is a person-centred counsellor who focuses on practical support for stress and anxiety. She draws on four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. Cheryl aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what feels overwhelming and find steady ways forward.
She helps with relationship and family concerns, and with the low mood that often follows big life changes. Cheryl also offers help with issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, and challenges linked to adoption and foster care.
Background and approach
She works with people facing chronic illness, carer stress, body image worries and communication difficulties. Cheryl keeps sessions simple and people-focused. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and builds on their strengths.
The room is used for honest conversation, practical coping ideas and steady planning for change. Her background includes independent practice work and direct client contact across common life and relational stresses. Cheryl uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques chosen to match what a person needs, and she reviews progress as therapy continues.
She aims to support people taking the first steps toward better daily balance. Sessions are offered in English and are intended for people in the United Kingdom. Cheryl supports people who want to address anxiety, stress, depression and the fallout from family or relationship difficulties.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online support
Person-centred counselling focuses on listening, empathy and helping people make choices that fit their life. It encourages the client to lead the conversation while the counsellor reflects and supports, which can help with anxiety, stress and relationship worries.Evidence-based techniques often used alongside person-centred work include practical coping strategies for managing anxiety and brief problem-solving methods for life changes. These approaches teach simple tools for calming the body, organising thoughts and planning small steps forward, which are useful for daily stress and low mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about what feels most helpful and adapt methods as goals change. This collaborative process lets the person choose what to try and check whether it is working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit quick reflections, ongoing support between sessions or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical progress and steady coping.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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