Cheri Gillings, BACP

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values even when difficult feelings are present. It is useful for anxiety, depression and making lasting life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and behaviour change. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase awareness of the present moment; it can support stress reduction and emotional regulation.

Cheri treats choosing an approach as a collaborative process. She will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That might mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility and reaches people who need alternatives to in-person sessions. Video calls let the therapist and client see each other for a full conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is lower or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter, written options for ongoing support and reflection between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, family or travel schedules while still getting consistent support from a registered professional.