Cheryl Freedman, BACP

Cheryl Freedman is a qualified person-centred counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience, including private practice. She supports people navigating stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, depression, and the process of coping with life changes or a history of trauma. Cheryl works from a strengths-based, person-centred perspective, holding the view that each person is the expert of their own story and already has resources that can help them move through challenges.

Her practice also addresses related concerns such as attachment and adoption or foster care issues, abandonment, communication difficulties, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, codependency, avoidant personality patterns, and family of origin matters. She aims to offer a supportive, empowering space where clients can take courageous steps toward greater fulfilment and clearer direction in their lives. Cheryl collaborates with each person to identify practical coping strategies and to build on the skills that best match their goals and values.

Cheryl holds the BACP credential, indicating membership in the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy in the UK.

Person-Centred and Evidence-Based Online Care

Cheryl integrates person-centred counselling with evidence-based therapeutic techniques to support people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges. Person-centred therapy focuses on the person’s own perspective, offering empathy, genuine listening, and an emphasis on each individual’s strengths to foster self-directed change and emotional understanding.

Alongside that foundation, Cheryl uses evidence-based approaches that teach practical coping skills for managing anxiety, low mood, communication difficulties, and life transitions. These techniques are tailored to help clients build resilience, improve relationships, and handle everyday stresses in more effective ways.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Cheryl works together with each person to discover which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, offering flexibility in scheduling and a range of ways to connect that suit different communication styles and circumstances.