Cherith McIlroy, BACP

Cherith McIlroy offers an attentive and emotionally available approach to counselling, meeting people where they are and listening without judgment. She builds her work from a foundation of relationship, compassion, and process, and seeks to understand each person's story so she can work alongside them to bring about meaningful change.

She is credentialed in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. Cherith has worked professionally with a range of concerns, including anxiety and panic attacks, depression, low self-esteem, bereavement following suicide, family conflict, complex trauma and PTSD, childhood sexual abuse, and grief and loss.

Her therapeutic aim is to support clients toward greater self-awareness, helping to uncover the underlying reasons why emotional difficulties have affected their lives. Using established counselling knowledge and practical techniques, Cherith collaborates with clients to pursue healing and recovery. She encourages clients to draw on their own strength and courage as they move toward a place where they can live more fully and with greater well-being. Cherith is available to support people through their therapeutic journey.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding how early relationships shape current feelings and ways of relating. In practice it helps people explore patterns of connection and safety in relationships, and can be useful for those experiencing attachment issues, relationship difficulties, or abandonment wounds.

Client-Centered Therapy places the client at the center of the process and emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and collaboration. It supports people who want a respectful, non-directive environment to explore self-esteem, grief, life changes, or emotional overwhelm.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical tools to test and change unhelpful patterns. It can be helpful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and stress-related difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey and Cherith works collaboratively with clients to identify methods that best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She will discuss options and adapt techniques over time so the work feels relevant and manageable.

Online therapy with Cherith is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving flexibility to fit therapy into daily life. These options make it easier for people to attend sessions from different locations, balance work or family commitments, and maintain continuity of care with registered professionals and therapists when in-person visits are not convenient.