Counsellor profile
Cheri Gillings, BACP
United Kingdom
Counsellor - Anxiety and Addictions
Continue with CheriWhere Cheri stands
- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 386639
- Experience
- 6 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- ACT informed
- CBT approaches
- Mindfulness practice
About Cheri
Cheri Gillings is a counsellor registered with the BACP and has six years of professional therapeutic experience in the United Kingdom. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, recovery from addictions, low self-esteem, confidence and career coaching. She works with adults who feel stuck or overwhelmed and who want clearer choices in their relationships and work life.
Her approach is straightforward. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on practical ways to respond differently. She asks about daily routines, relationships, and the patterns that keep repeating. Together with the client she sets small, manageable goals to test new habits between meetings.
Cheri draws on cognitive behavioural methods to look at thoughts and actions that feed anxiety or low mood. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people notice values and make purposeful choices. Mindfulness exercises are introduced when useful to reduce reactivity and bring attention back to the present.
Many clients come with issues rooted in attachment, family of origin, feelings of abandonment, or codependent patterns. Sessions examine how those patterns developed and what to change now. She also supports people facing bereavement, workplace stress and compassion fatigue.
The meeting style is client-centred and solution-focused. Cheri listens to the problem, suggests practical experiments, and reviews what works. New clients are invited to start by completing a short questionnaire and booking an initial session to clarify priorities.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying what matters most to a person and then taking actions that match those values despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. It can help with anxiety, low mood and unhelpful coping such as people-pleasing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and uses practical exercises to change patterns that maintain anxiety or depression.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will review what you want to change, try different techniques, and agree together which methods to use. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to the goals and preferences you bring.
The biography does not list specific session formats here, so please confirm the session types available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often use online work to maintain continuity between face-to-face meetings and to help clients keep therapeutic momentum.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, recovery from addictions, low self-esteem, career issues and relationship patterns including codependency.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centred and practical with a focus on small experiments and goal-setting between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of professional therapeutic experience in the United Kingdom.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practices in the United Kingdom.
Does she run sessions in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.
What session formats are used?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm the available formats before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.