Cherith McIlroy, BACP

Cherith McIlroy is a compassionate counsellor who offers calm, steady support for people facing midlife change and related stress. She listens closely and works beside clients to help them identify what matters most. Cherith aims to help people notice patterns that hold them back and to build on personal strengths.

She practises from a relationship-centred place and uses straightforward counselling skills rather than jargon. Sessions focus on understanding how past and present experiences affect mood, thinking and behaviour. Cherith helps people untangle difficult feelings like anxiety, low self-esteem, grief and anger.

Her background includes three years of professional practice and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She has experience supporting people through bereavement, family conflict, trauma and complex emotional distress. This experience shapes a sensitive, patient approach in sessions.

Therapy is collaborative and paced to the individual. Cherith combines talking, reflective work and practical steps so people can try new ways of coping between meetings. She encourages small, realistic changes that fit with everyday life.

People come for help with sleep problems, relationship worries, career transitions, parenting strain and caregiver stress. She also works with issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, dissociation and feelings of emptiness. Cherith aims to offer steady support while clients find clearer direction and greater emotional balance.

How Cherith’s approaches work in online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and behaviour, helping people understand patterns in close relationships and why they may feel anxious or distant. Client-centred therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions, with the counsellor offering empathic listening and gentle reflection so people can find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses small experiments and practical techniques to change unhelpful cycles.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Cherith will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process and she will review what helps as therapy progresses.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking as this profile does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling around everyday life, for example by removing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break. It can also suit people who prefer to speak from a quieter room or who need options that do not require being on camera. Many registered or accredited professionals use online sessions to offer consistent care alongside in-person work, and Cherith can discuss what will fit best for you when you begin.