Cherisse Amusa
Calm, skills-based therapy for life and relationships
About Cherisse
Cherisse Amusa helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and major life changes. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, sleep difficulties, low self-esteem, career uncertainty and compassion fatigue. Cherisse works in a straightforward, caring way and aims to make the first steps feel manageable.
Cherisse uses practical conversation and structured tools to help people untangle painful patterns. She draws on attachment-focused ideas to understand how early relationships shape current reactions.
Background and approach
Cognitive techniques help spot and change thoughts that make anxiety or low mood worse. Mindfulness and skills from dialectical behaviour therapy offer ways to cope in the moment. Her background includes an MSc in Psychology and six years of professional experience working across non-profit settings, employee assistance programmes and independent practice.
Before moving into therapy she worked in criminal justice, which informs her calm, investigative approach to complex problems. Cherisse has a particular interest in trauma, attachment and issues related to family of origin. Sessions are aimed at adults seeking a conversational, collaborative style.
She blends talking therapy with practical exercises and homework when that helps. The work moves at a pace set by the person in therapy and focuses on small steps that build confidence over time. Cherisse is registered with NCPS, which appears after her name when relevant.
She offers sessions in English and is available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. If someone wants a clear, steady approach that mixes reflection with skills, Cherisse may be a good match.
What Cherisse works with
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Sessions & fees
How Cherisse blends approaches for online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current feelings and behaviour. It helps when patterns from childhood make trust, closeness or anger hard to manage. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, moods and actions and offers clear steps to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve moment-to-moment calm.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cherisse will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, then recommend techniques from these approaches. The process is collaborative and can change as needs evolve, so the plan adapts over time.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility to fit therapy around work or family life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can suit lower bandwidth or brief check-ins, and messaging supports shorter, on-the-go reflections. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and practise skills between sessions with registered or accredited professionals.
| 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
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
