Cherelle Richards , BACP, NCPS

Cherelle Richards is a UK-licensed therapist with three years of clinical experience supporting people through depression, anxiety, feelings of isolation, identity questions, and persistent obsessive thoughts. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, acknowledging how significant the first step into therapy can feel and honoring the decision to seek support.

In sessions she aims to be a steady leaning post and a thoughtful sounding board, offering a space for exploration that encourages therapeutic change. Cherelle believes in embracing emotions fully as a foundation for building emotional resilience, so clients can meet life’s challenges in ways that reflect their values and sense of purpose. Her work emphasizes practical coping skills alongside deeper emotional processing to help life feel less like a battle and more like an intentional journey inward and outward.

Cherelle holds BACP and NCPS credentials - professional designations that indicate training in counselling and psychotherapy and a commitment to recognized practice standards. She integrates client-centered and solution-focused approaches and works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy-related matters, parenting and career stress, compassion fatigue, and mood disorders. Her practice focuses on collaborative planning, building resilience, and supporting clients to find clearer direction and relief.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Client-Centered Therapy is grounded in empathic listening and collaboration. Cherelle creates a nonjudgmental space where the client’s experience leads the pace of work, helping people clarify values, process emotions, and develop self-understanding. This approach is particularly helpful for relationship issues, identity concerns, and emotional processing.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on practical steps and strengths that move a person toward their goals. Sessions emphasize identifying what is already working, setting small achievable goals, and building concrete strategies to reduce distress and increase functioning. It often suits clients seeking focused change around stress, coping, or specific life challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Cherelle works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She blends listening and practical planning so the work feels tailored and useful.

Online therapy offers flexible access to licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, maintain continuity during transitions, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable, while still engaging in meaningful therapeutic work with a trained therapist.