About Darren Cheek Counselling
Darren Cheek Counselling offers a comprehensive range of talking therapies for individuals, couples, families and organisations. As a fully qualified humanistic psychotherapist and counsellor, Darren draws primarily from humanistic and psychodynamic traditions, alongside evidence-based and creative approaches to support lasting change.
Darren provides both focused, short-term support (6–18 sessions) and deeper, longer-term psychotherapy tailored to your needs. He works with a broad spectrum of concerns including anxiety, depression, bereavement, relationship difficulties, anger management, trauma, eating disorders, addiction, and issues around identity and meaning. For LGBTQIA+ clients, he offers affirmative psychotherapy grounded in genuine acceptance and understanding.
Therapeutic approaches include person-centred, psychodynamic, existential and transactional analysis work, alongside cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness-based practices, somatic and body-based work, attachment-informed perspectives, and internal family systems (parts work). This integrative toolkit allows Darren to adapt his practice to what works best for you.
Sessions are available face-to-face, online via standard platforms, or by telephone, giving you flexibility in how you access support. Darren is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and appears on the BACP Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
For businesses, Darren also provides therapeutic, mentoring and wellbeing services, drawing on more than 28 years' experience. This includes systems work, conflict resolution, communication development and diversity and inclusion programmes across multinational environments.
Whether you're navigating a specific challenge or seeking deeper self-understanding, Darren Cheek Counselling offers skilled, compassionate support grounded in professional expertise and genuine care for your wellbeing.
Qualifications & specialties
Qualifications
- Diploma in Counselling
- Level 5 CBT
Specialises in
- Individual therapy
- Couples therapy
- Family therapy
- Short-term counselling
- Long-term psychotherapy
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