Cheryl McCabe
Supportive counsellor with practical, gentle guidance
About Cheryl
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 the past thirty years. She works in a gentle, conversational way and is happy to ask direct questions when needed.
Cheryl makes space for silence and reflection, and she brings a light touch of humour when appropriate. She believes clients are the experts in their own stories and looks to build on existing strengths.
Background and approach
Cheryl uses Client-Centred Therapy, focusing on listening and responding to each person's needs. She is comfortable working creatively when words alone are not enough, using different ways to help people express difficult thoughts and feelings. Cheryl is aware of parts-based and trauma-related issues and welcomes all aspects of a person's experience.
Her practice supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, anger, grief and coping with life changes. She also offers help around ADHD, addiction, chronic illness and caregiving stresses, and a wide range of emotional difficulties such as guilt, shame and attachment concerns. Sessions aim to feel collaborative rather than prescriptive.
Cheryl emphasises practical steps alongside reflective conversation, helping people explore what matters and find manageable ways forward. She understands beginning therapy can feel daunting and seeks to make the first steps straightforward and respectful.
What Cheryl works with
How Cheryl works
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Sessions & fees
How Cheryl's Client-Centred Approach Works Online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely to the person and following their lead. The therapist reflects what is said, asks questions to deepen understanding, and helps people notice their own strengths. This approach is useful for anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship concerns and grief where being heard and accepted matters.Cheryl also uses creative ways to support expression when words are limited. Creative methods might include drawing, writing exercises or guided imagery adapted for online use to help people access difficult feelings and memories. These tools can be helpful for trauma-related issues, anger or when someone finds verbalising hard.
Finding the right way to work is part of the process. Cheryl will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. She will adjust the pace, check in about what helps, and try different formats if needed to find a good fit.
Online sessions via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone work can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging offers short check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving and daily life while maintaining continuity of care.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| 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
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
