Cheryl Fenech-Soler

Cheryl Fenech-Soler is a BACP counsellor who supports people through difficult times. She greets readers warmly and recognises how hard it can be to ask for help. Cheryl focuses on creating a calm space where clients can be heard and begin to make practical changes to their lives.

She works with a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions and anger. Cheryl also helps people facing relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, and challenges linked to neurodiversity and long-term illness. Her work includes attention to attachment and abandonment themes.

Cheryl describes a tailored, compassionate approach. Sessions are shaped around each person’s needs and goals. She uses client-centred listening alongside psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused strategies to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping.

Clients can expect clear, straightforward conversations. Cheryl aims to help people gain understanding and practical tools they can use between sessions. She emphasises collaboration and small, achievable steps toward feeling more in control.

With eight years’ experience, Cheryl has worked with adults and children on issues such as childhood trauma, grief, anxiety and depression. She is based in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

How Cheryl’s approaches translate to online work

Cheryl uses client-centred work, psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused methods in her practice. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and helping people feel understood so they can find their own solutions; it suits people who need a steady, supportive space. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past experiences shape current feelings and behaviours and can help when recurring patterns cause distress. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on practical goals and small changes that move someone toward what they want to see happen.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Cheryl works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods feel most helpful. She will discuss goals and preferences in early sessions and adapt the work as those needs change.

If you are considering online therapy, check which session formats are offered before booking as the profile does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also suit people who prefer to meet from a familiar setting or who need flexibility around work and family commitments. Registered or accredited professionals, including counsellors like Cheryl, commonly use online options to make therapy more accessible, and they will talk through the practical details when you arrange your first session.