Cheryl McDonald-Tuckwell


Every professional displayed on Counselling Directory has been independently verified by our team to ensure they have suitable credentials to practise.
This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
I am a UK-based therapist with 16 years of professional work experience. I am also an experienced Clinical Supervisor. If you would like to chat after reading about me, please do not hesitate to contact me for a free 15 minute introduction. Just email me and I will arrange a time for a video or telephone call.
What I Offer
My therapeutic approach is tailored to you as an individual. Whether you're new to therapy or seeking support for challenging emotions, I'm here to support and guide you. Together, we'll explore your thoughts, needs, emotions, aspirations, and personal boundaries. I offer online sessions but can also do telephone sessions if this would be better for you.
A Judgment-Free Zone
How often do you feel truly heard without fear of judgment? I strive to create a safe space where you can be authentically yourself. Here, you can freely explore your innermost thoughts and feelings, knowing they'll be met with complete acceptance. My goal is to see and hear the real you, while helping you connect more deeply with yourself.
Our Unique Journey
Your therapy journey is as unique as you are. Each session is tailored to your current state and needs, and I am led by you as to what you bring into the space each week.
Experience
I have experience in helping clients, adults, teens and children, with a wide range of issues, and some examples of my experience includes:
- Working in a GP practice seeing clients for depression, low mood, anxiety, stress, lack of confidence, eating problems, lack of life direction, divorce, loss, and supporting people with parenting skills.
- Working in schools supporting children with everyday worries, exam pressure, and school avoidance. Also supporting parents with parenting skills and how to support their child.
- Working in Women's Services supporting families through miscarriage, stillbirth, fertility problems, and termination of pregnancy.
- Working in Cancer Connections helping people navigate loss and grief as an individual or as a family.
- Supporting victims of crime and people bereaved through murder and manslaughter (trauma).
- Helping adult clients navigate their own Childhood Emotional Neglect and helping them to make sense of it, put boundaries in place and move forward in a positive way.
- Looking at your own attachment style and how this may impact friendships and relationships.
I primarily trained in Person Centred counselling and CBT but am able to tailor my sessions using a variety of counselling techniques and Life Coaching
I have experience working with adults and children who are Neurodivergent, especially with developing social skills and emotional regulation. I am considerate of the needs of Neurodiverse clients and their sensory needs whilst working together on an online platform.
As part of the LGBTQIA+ community myself, I am able to offer a safe space to explore your life within this area.
I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialogue and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs.
I offer sessions via video or telephone. I feel that to make the most from Counselling, weekly sessions provide structure and consistency in the beginning, and if, after several sessions, we feel it would be good to reduce sessions, we can talk about how best to move forward with this.
It takes courage to seek out help and I am here to guide and support you in the way we agree is best.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BA Person Centred Counselling
- BSc (Hons) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Diploma in Clinical Supervision
- Diploma Advanced Supervision Skills – Group Supervision
- Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People
- Level 5 Diploma in Working with Complex Trauma and PTSD
Member organisations

BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership

The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.

Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Childhood Emotional Neglect.
Please contact me with any issue you are experiencing and if I am not the right therapist for you I can help to signpost you.
Therapies offered
Fees
£22.00 - £45.00
Free initial online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
If you are struggling and don't feel you are able to afford counselling, please do contact me to discuss this with me.
When I work
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morning | |||||||
Afternoon | |||||||
Evening | |||||||
Night |