About Cheryl
Cheryl Hughes is a counsellor who focuses on anxiety and related concerns. She draws on five years of practice to help people manage stress, depression, relationship strain and trauma. Cheryl works calmly and without rush so clients can make sense of difficult experiences at their own pace.
Her approach places the person at the centre of the work. Sessions are person-centred and humanistic, with listening that aims to be empathic and non-judgemental.
Background and approach
Cheryl outlines what to expect at first contact and explains how sessions will run so people feel more comfortable before meeting. She offers support for a wide range of struggles, including grief, intimacy issues, self‑esteem, career worries and the effects of abuse. Cheryl also helps with practical coping during life changes and with ongoing stress.
Her background includes work with people affected by historic sexual abuse and trauma-related problems. Cheryl is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and also holds NCPS. She uses that membership to guide ethical practice and professional standards in her work.
Counselling is tailored to each person rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. During sessions she aims to help people find their own answers rather than prescribe them. The pace and focus are decided collaboratively, and Cheryl offers steady support while clients build understanding and move towards their goals.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It looks at how connection, trust and attachment influence feelings of safety and closeness, which can help with relationship worries, abandonment fears and some anxiety issues.Client-Centred Therapy centres on listening and empathy. The therapist follows the client's lead, offers acceptance and helps people find their own solutions. This approach is useful for stress, low self-esteem and life transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and decide together which methods to try. The plan can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when a visual connection is useful. Phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter updates, written reflection, or people who prefer not to use voice. These options make it easier to fit counselling into work, care routines and busy lives while keeping the therapeutic process collaborative and focused.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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