- Blended family issues
- Stress and anxiety
- ACT and CBT approaches
About Cherena
Cherena Morlese is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with nine years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, addiction, trauma and problems with eating or sleeping. She also lists blended family issues among her focus areas.
Cherena uses several well known therapeutic approaches. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding. Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how earlier relationships affect current connections and reactions.
Sessions are conversational and client-centred. Cherena offers practical tools alongside talking work, such as psychoeducation and skills to manage emotional or physical symptoms that come from distress. She describes the process as collaborative - the person attending helps shape what is worked on.
Her practice mentions cultural issues and support for people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. She lists a wide range of concerns she can address, from parenting strain and compassion fatigue to communication problems, codependency and divorce or separation related issues.
For people in stephouseholds and blended families she can help talk through role changes, co-parenting tensions, loyalty conflicts and merging routines. The emphasis is on clear, practical steps and better day-to-day coping rather than quick fixes.
To begin, the pathway offered is to use the online booking flow, complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and life changes where getting stuck on thoughts makes day-to-day living harder. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, low mood and sleep or eating difficulties.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative testing helps shape what is tried first and what is adapted over time.
Confirm the exact session options before booking as the biography does not list formats. When arranged, online sessions can make fitting therapy into a busy life easier - for example shorter call-ins can be scheduled during a lunch break, video sessions allow face-to-face conversation without travel, and phone check-ins may work when less bandwidth or no camera is needed. These practical options often help people sustain regular work while managing family and household commitments.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, grief, addiction, trauma and related concerns such as eating and sleeping problems.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centred and practical, offering conversation plus psychoeducation and skills work drawn from approaches like ACT and CBT.
What is her professional background?
She has nine years' experience working as a counsellor and lists a broad range of presenting issues she has supported people with.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be done in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she offer online or remote sessions?
Confirm the current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started with a first appointment?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.