Cecile Terrelonge , BACP

Cecile Terrelonge is a qualified counsellor with more than 18 years of experience who offers person-centred counselling to children, young people, and adults. She places the person at the centre of therapy, helping individuals explore their feelings and find clarity without interruption, judgment, or dismissal. Cecile describes counselling as a space to speak openly and to build the support needed to make sense of difficult emotions and everyday challenges.

Her practice includes both short-term and longer-term work, with most sessions lasting 50 minutes and typically held on the same day and time each week. She is able to accommodate clients who work shifts, agreeing in advance to any necessary changes to session times. Cecile provides online counselling, telephone sessions, face-to-face work, and in-app messaging, tailoring the format to each person’s circumstances.

She has experience setting up and managing a voluntary youth counselling service supporting young people aged 11 to 25, and she has supported members of the LGBTQ+ community through work with The Black Trans Foundation. Cecile is listed on the Gendered Intelligence therapist directory and completed a two-day course on working alongside trans, gender diverse, and questioning people.

Cecile holds BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom. Her areas of focus include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, self-esteem, addictions, grief, intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting, anger, career matters, bipolar and depression, coping with life changes, ADHD, and related challenges such as attachment and abandonment issues, co-dependency, chronic illness and pain, and dissociation.

Attachment and Emotion-Focused Support Online

Cecile uses approaches that emphasize understanding emotions, relationships, and the client’s own capacity for growth. Client-Centred Therapy places the client at the heart of the process, offering a respectful, non-directive stance that helps people explore their goals and build self-awareness; it is often used for issues such as low self-esteem, anxiety, and personal development. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps clients address difficulties with closeness, trust, and abandonment concerns; it can be useful for relationship struggles and attachment-related distress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on identifying and working with core emotions in the context of relationships, supporting people who are dealing with conflict, intimacy problems, or trauma-related emotional responses.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself. Cecile will collaborate with each client to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the approach as progress unfolds and circumstances change.

Online therapy with Cecile is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limitations. These options make it easier to maintain regular sessions, fit therapy around work or family commitments, and access licensed professionals from a convenient location.