Cheryl McCabe, BACP

Cheryl McCabe is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional counselling experience and a long history of supporting people with mental health over several decades. She works in a gentle, direct way and mixes listening with gentle challenge. Cheryl aims to be personable and down to earth, and she uses humour when appropriate to help people feel more at ease.

Cheryl offers practical, straightforward conversations about stress, anxiety, anger and low self-esteem. She helps people cope with grief, loss and major life changes. She also supports people with relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and she can help those managing ADHD, trauma and abuse. Her work includes additional focus areas such as communication problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and substance-related concerns.

Her approach is rooted in Client-Centred Therapy, which means she follows the person in front of her and trusts their knowledge of their own life. Sessions may be interactive or quietly reflective depending on what feels right in the moment. Cheryl is open to creative ways of working when words alone are not enough.

Cheryl describes herself as parts- and trauma-aware and welcomes different aspects of a person’s experience. She believes people bring strengths that can help them through difficult times and aims to walk alongside them while they explore change. Her style is collaborative and paced to each individual.

Cheryl invites questions and aims to make the first steps into counselling as straightforward as possible. She does not promise a fixed outcome but values the healing potential of a strong therapeutic relationship.

Client-centred care online and practical session options

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person rather than on labels. The counsellor listens without judgement, follows the individual's pace and supports them to find their own solutions. This approach is suited to people dealing with stress, low self-esteem, relationship concerns and the emotional impact of life changes.

Cheryl is also parts- and trauma-aware in her work, which means she recognises that different aspects of a person can hold different feelings and needs. That perspective can help when working with trauma, grief or inner conflict because it allows exploration of those parts without rushing to fix anything.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and adapt the way sessions run accordingly. Clients are invited to give feedback so the approach can be adjusted as work progresses.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, caring commitments and daily life while keeping the focus on the therapeutic work.