Cheryl Smart
Practical, person-centred counselling for everyday struggles
About Cheryl
Cheryl Smart uses a practical, person-centred approach to therapy. She combines clear, evidence-based methods with a warm, respectful manner. Cheryl works to make sessions straightforward and focused on the issues a person brings.
She aims to help people feel understood and regain a sense of control. Cheryl has four years of counselling experience in schools, healthcare settings and online. She helps people by talking through stress, anxiety, trauma and loss.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with parenting strain, changes at work, low self-esteem and sleep or eating concerns. Her style is collaborative and adaptive. Sessions are shaped around what the person needs in the moment, whether that means learning coping skills, understanding patterns in relationships, or managing mood swings linked to bipolar or depression.
Cheryl uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide her work. These approaches help people notice unhelpful thoughts, build practical habits, and explore how past relationships affect current difficulties. She holds NCPS, which is listed as her credential.
Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging. International clients may also work with her. To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and books sessions according to the therapist's schedule.
Subscription fees vary by location and can be cancelled at any time.
What Cheryl works with
How Cheryl works
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Sessions & fees
How Cheryl's approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small, value-driven steps despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for stress, anxiety, depression and issues that involve motivation or life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing practical changes in behaviour. It is commonly used for anxiety, sleep and mood difficulties, and for building coping skills.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and emotional responses. It can help with intimacy-related issues, trust, grief and attachment concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will collaborate to choose what fits best with a person's goals and preferences, and she may adapt methods as progress unfolds. The process is practical and paced to what feels manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and non-verbal cues. Phone can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging suit quick updates, mood tracking or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments or travel.
| 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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
