Cheryl Tan-Bell, PACFA

Cheryl Tan-Bell is a counsellor with 15 years' experience. She supports people dealing with relationship pain, grief, trauma, anxiety and major life changes. Cheryl offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk through difficult feelings and make practical changes.

Cheryl works from an attachment-based and client-centred foundation. She pays attention to how early relationships shape current reactions, and helps people understand patterns that affect intimacy and trust. Sessions focus on what the person brings in the room and on building clearer communication and emotional connection.

Practical tools from cognitive behavioural ideas and solution-focused strategies feature in her work. This means identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and practising small changes between sessions. For relationship stress she draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method to improve emotional attunement and conflict conversations.

Cheryl aims to help people feel safer in their relationships and clearer about next steps. She also supports people working through attachment wounds, abandonment issues, kink and alternative sex culture concerns, blended family stress, caregiving strain, codependency and related struggles. Clients explore boundaries, self-esteem and coping strategies in ways that fit their life.

She is PACFA credentialed in Australia and conducts work in English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How Cheryl's approaches work in online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current relationships. It helps people understand why they feel anxious, withdrawn or overly controlling in intimate moments and supports safer ways of connecting. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and acceptance. It gives people space to tell their story and decide what matters most for change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to notice and test unhelpful thoughts and to try small behaviour changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will collaborate with each person to decide which mix of methods fits their needs, goals and preferences. That way sessions focus on what is helpful now and can be adjusted as progress is made.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking, as current options are not listed here. Many people choose remote sessions because they make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Online sessions can also let people use quieter surroundings or avoid being on camera if that helps them engage more comfortably. Appropriately qualified therapists will work with clients to make sessions practical and relevant to everyday life.