Cheryl Steele, AHPRA

Cheryl Steele is a registered psychologist practising in North Queensland, Australia, with five years of professional experience supporting individuals, children, adolescents and families. As the founder of Cognitive Wellness Psychology, she has created a welcoming practice that emphasises respectful, evidence-based care and an inclusive approach for people from diverse backgrounds.

Cheryl combines warmth and clinical rigour to help clients navigate stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship difficulties, self-esteem concerns, ADHD, addictions, grief, trauma and other life changes. She approaches each person as the expert of their own story and aims to build a collaborative partnership that draws on personal strengths and fosters resilience. Her practice offers psychological assessments alongside therapeutic work tailored to each client’s goals.

Therapeutic methods are selected to match individual needs and may include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), exposure work and other evidence-informed approaches. Cheryl also provides support for complex presentations such as post-traumatic stress, mood disorders, neurodevelopmental differences and wellbeing challenges related to caregiving and burnout.

Cheryl is registered with AHPRA, and her approach is characterised by genuine care, ongoing professional development and a focus on practical, meaningful change. She invites clients ready to take steps towards greater wellbeing to explore how therapy can support their journey.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Cheryl offers approaches grounded in psychological research and adapted for online delivery. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and supports moving toward a values-based life - it is often useful for anxiety, stress and coping with change. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and early bonds, helping clients understand how attachment influences current relationships and healing attachment-related difficulties.

Cheryl treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process. She works with clients to explore which methods best fit their needs, goals and preferences, and adapts techniques as therapy progresses so the plan remains relevant and helpful.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, geographic distance and different communication preferences. These formats make it easier to access appropriately qualified or registered professionals and therapists while maintaining continuity of care and fitting therapy into everyday life.