Kath Cheer

Thank you for reading my profile. Choosing your therapist is important; I hope you will find someone that you think you could feel comfortable with. I also hope the information I have provided will help you make a decision about whether I could be the right therapist for you. I have more than 30 years' experience of working with and supporting adults – including carers, people experiencing mental health challenges and those who have survived bereavement or other difficult life events. In short, people just like you or me. I have also experienced and grown from my own mental health challenges and learnt so much from the amazing therapists who have supported me along the way. I have been long-term single, sometimes lonely and childless through circumstance. I have come late in life to a long term secure relationship so I know it's never too late for change to happen. My specialism is working with grief and loss, in all its forms. Many life changes are sparked by a loss of some sort; a bereavement, a relationship ending, redundancy or retirement, coming to terms with unwanted childlessness. I could go on. Often we are able to manage these losses and move on through our own resourcefulness and with the support of those around us. Sometimes, however, the loss is more difficult to deal with; maybe you no longer recognise the life you are living and your security has been eroded. Or perhaps there is a loss you thought you had dealt with but it's affecting you again now. Maybe the loss has impacted your sense of who you are or the meaning of your life. Perhaps you are coping emotionally but you need some help to work out and plan for the direction your life should now take. I am trained as an integrative counsellor and as a life coach. This means that I can use different approaches according to your needs and as your needs change. I can help you through the difficult times of your grieving and, when you are ready, I can support you to rebuild your life and move onwards towards new experiences and choices. Throughout, I will listen to you to the best of my ability, without judgement, and I will regularly check in with you about what is working or whether there are things we should do differently.