Counsellor profile
Cheryl McDonald-Tuckwell, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - anxiety and anger support
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- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 393006
- Experience16 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Person centred approach
- CBT techniques
About Cheryl
Cheryl McDonald-Tuckwell is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 16 years of professional experience. She offers weekly sessions by video, telephone, or chat and works with a broad range of everyday and complex concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, trauma, parenting, and anger.
Cheryl frames sessions around what each person brings. She listens, asks questions, and helps clients untangle thoughts and feelings. Sessions can focus on immediate coping skills or on longer term patterns such as attachment style, abandonment issues, or childhood emotional neglect.
Her background includes work in GP practices, schools, women’s services and cancer support services. She has supported people facing loss after miscarriage, stillbirth and bereavement from violent crime, and has worked with clients managing depression, exam pressure, life transition and parenting strain.
Cheryl primarily trained in person-centred counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy, and she draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Narrative and Solution-Focused techniques as needed. She also uses life coaching methods when helpful to set goals and track progress.
She has experience with neurodivergent clients and pays attention to sensory and communication needs when working online. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, she notes that she can offer understanding to people exploring LGBT-related concerns. To begin, clients follow the site process to match and book a first session.
How sessions work
How her approaches work for online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small, consistent actions that matter to the person and can be useful for anger, anxiety and low mood. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical skills to manage reactions and change unhelpful patterns. Person-Centred (Client-Centred) therapy gives space for someone to be heard and to explore what matters to them at their own pace.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will discuss options with clients and decide together which techniques fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative process means sessions can include problem-solving, skill practice, narrative work or goal-focused coaching depending on what the person needs.
Her practice offers online sessions by video, telephone and chat as stated on her profile. Confirm the exact session formats and scheduling when booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins by phone, reduce travel time, and give access to sessions when in-person meetings are not practical. Registered or accredited professionals can still adapt methods to work well at a distance, and the focus remains on steady, practical steps you can use between sessions.
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Experience
16+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, trauma, parenting concerns, anger and other life changes listed on her profile.
How would she approach my anger?
She combines person-centred listening with practical techniques from CBT and ACT to help understand triggers and develop coping strategies.
How long has she been practising?
She has 16 years of professional experience working in settings such as GP practices, schools and womens services.
What professional credential does she hold?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she practises in the United Kingdom.
What session formats are available?
She offers weekly sessions by video, telephone or chat; confirm the current session options before booking.
How are fees and starting arranged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To start, use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.