Cheryl Smart, NCPS
Cheryl Smart is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who combines practical therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety and trauma.
About Cheryl
Cheryl Smart is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who combines practical therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety and trauma. She works with each person using straightforward talk and focused techniques. Cheryl has four years of experience working in schools, healthcare settings and online.
Her approach is collaborative and down to earth. She adapts sessions to the person’s goals and life situation, using tools from cognitive behavioural therapy to spot unhelpful thinking.
Background and approach
She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy to help people clarify values and take small steps that matter to them. Attachment-based ideas inform how she looks at relationship concerns and intimacy-related issues. That helps when people want to understand patterns from past relationships or attachment experiences.
Trauma-focused techniques are used when people have a history of abuse or painful events and need stabilising strategies before deeper work. Cheryl supports a broad range of concerns beyond anxiety and trauma. She has worked with grief, mood difficulties such as depression and bipolar, attention differences like ADHD, and issues around body image, eating and sleep.
She also helps with career stress, parenting questions and complex medical or caregiving challenges. Cheryl is registered with NCPS. Sessions are offered in English and are available to people in different countries.
She uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat and messaging to fit varied schedules. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions to suit them.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| NCPS | NCS23-04525 | October 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cheryl lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Cheryl names
- 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
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How Cheryl's approaches work online
Cheryl commonly uses trauma-focused work which helps people manage reactions after painful events by teaching grounding, stabilising and pacing techniques. She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviours and helps people build different habits to reduce anxiety and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and then try approaches that fit. This happens together so the plan can change as progress is made and new priorities appear.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer written check-ins or want flexible, ongoing contact between calls.
Frequently asked
What problems does Cheryl commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and grief. Other areas include relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating concerns, and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar.
What is Cheryl's therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and plainspoken. She blends cognitive behavioural tools with acceptance and commitment ideas and attachment-focused conversations to meet practical goals.
How much experience does she have?
Cheryl has four years of counselling experience working in schools, healthcare settings and online platforms.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and holds NCPS as a listed credential.
Can people who live outside the UK work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and offers sessions to people in different countries.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to start therapy with Cheryl?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the published availability.
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