Cheryl Backham
Compassionate counsellor for trauma and stress
About Cheryl
Cheryl Backham is a counsellor who brings six years of practice to people facing difficult moments. She introduces a calm, listening presence and focuses on helping clients make sense of painful experiences. Cheryl holds BACP accreditation, which denotes her professional membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
She concentrates on trauma and abuse, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression and self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with anger, relationship and family concerns, parenting pressures, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Additional focus areas include self-harm and sexual assault and abuse. Cheryl uses a person-centred style that prioritises the client’s perspective. Sessions aim to give space to talk and to find what matters most to the individual.
She listens first, then helps people name patterns and try new ways of coping. Her work includes Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, often used for processing distressing memories linked to trauma. Cheryl blends this with open conversation so people can pace the work according to how ready they feel.
People who come to her can expect straightforward, respectful care and practical steps to manage symptoms. She focuses on small, achievable changes as well as understanding deeper causes. The approach is steady and paced to the person’s needs.
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Sessions & fees
How EMDR and online counselling can help
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a method that helps people process distressing memories. It uses guided routines alongside talk to reduce the intensity of upsetting images and sensations, often used for trauma and abuse.Cheryl combines EMDR with a person-centred way of working so the pace suits the individual. She will discuss how the method works and decide together whether it is a good fit for the issue, the person’s goals and their comfort with the process. This collaborative planning helps shape sessions around what the client wants to achieve.
Online therapy offers flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions suit people who prefer not to use video or who need a lower-bandwidth option. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing processing between sessions and written reflection.
These options make it easier to fit counselling into work, family life and other commitments. Registered or accredited professionals can use these formats to deliver structured therapeutic work, follow-up tasks and continuity of care while adapting methods such as EMDR to an online setting.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
