Quotes from clients
I am a happy woman in my 40s with a wonderful husband, 2 great kids, a beautiful home and a successful career. Despite lots of blessings in my life, I had been struggling with fear and anxiety for many years… I tried many things to get over this anxiety, including therapy, mindfulness, etc… I tried to build on my faith, yet nothing was enough…
One day, I decided to try searching for a Christian therapist and came across Cherlene. She sent me the first questionnaire which made me think a lot about my life. Then, as soon as she opened her door, I knew that I had found the only thing that would help me conquer my fears…
She spoke about spiritual warfare, and in my Bible readings, I came across a few passages that confirmed that we had the power to win these battles. She reminded me of a number of truths that I knew, yet was not really embracing, and supported me to fight the battles that needed fighting and equip myself with the knowledge and confidence to stand firm on His word.
After several sessions, I feel like a more robust version of my old self, more confident about the love of God and the power He has given me to make the best of my life! My eyes are now open to the gifts of knowledge and prophecy that have been given to me, and I have started to work on developing these with God’s steer.
Cherlene is a faithful, caring, confident and wise counsellor who will help anyone turn their life to make the best of their lives. I cannot recommend her enough to others! She has been a blessing to my life!
Cherlene at Faith Based Counselling has supported and equipped our family with a Bible-based approach to help us grow as parents. We were enriched by her counsel, grace, and knowledge. The sessions with Cherlene were exceptionally personal in that we felt at ease to share openly and expose our own insecurities and doubts on the difficulties of life. She really helped us acknowledge ways that we can improve our parenting with a firm yet loving approach that has resulted in a deeper, more intimate family life. We highly recommend Cherlene to be a soundboard for any difficulties in one’s life and/or needing a spiritual boost to feel encouraged and equipped to keep living your best life.
I cannot tell enough how important and how big a blessing Cherlene's counselling has been to both my husband and me. We came to her at a point where we wanted to give up on each other but God used Cherlene to help us work through our marriage and showed us very clearly what His will for our marriage is, which is to be very happy together. Cherlene guided us through some very useful tools to find each other again, to understand each other in a new way and most importantly fall in love again. Through Cherlene, God brought us to a point where we wanted to work things out and then through the various tools Cherlene helped us show how we could do that. It’s been a rough road but when I look back, I cannot believe we have made this much progress. This counselling has changed how we view our marriage and most importantly, how we see each other. I wish so much I had known these valuable marriage teachings earlier or someone had taught me this stuff before I was married. But I am so glad that God lead us to Cherlene and turned our marriage around. Would totally recommend this for every married couple.
The many self-imposed cares and misconceptions, that I chose to make my own over a period of many years, had finally taken their toll. Attempting to ‘find myself’, was like trying to locate a needle in a haystack. I decided to make a counselling appointment with Cherlene – an act that would turn my life around. Being old enough to know myself rather well, I was nevertheless surprised by the uniqueness of ‘this’ creation of God, as revealed by the Arno Profile System. And when she asked me to stand before a mirror and say: ‘I love you because God loves you’, things changed irrevocably! When I (initially reluctantly) obliged, I saw an unknown person… staring back at me. My outlook was altered as I saw, not myself (the flawed person), but a creature whom God loves SO MUCH, that He gave His sinless Son to die on a cursed cross for her. At that instant I could start using the many and worthy ‘tools’ Cherlene had been handing out to me: I am who and what God created me to be, and I exist to glorify and honour Him; I have the power to arrest, stop and turn around all negative thoughts and actions – evil lies – that, if allowed to run rampant, will scar my relationship and right-standing, through Jesus Christ, with God.
I first came to Cherlene because I was having such negative attitudes about things in my life that really are positive things! I was allowing the stresses of being a wife and mom, plus my part-time job, and balancing daily things really get me down. I didn't like feeling this way and seeing everything through a "negative cloud," so I saw Cherlene for counselling. In the process, I learned very specific things about my personality that I didn't realize before. It was very insightful to learn these things about the temperament God gave me. I also learned practical strategies that I still use today for dealing with negative thoughts or anxiety. Cherlene is such a wise, personal, encouraging counsellor. I highly recommend her! You will see positive progress in your life if you visit her.
I started the counselling with Cherlene after a workshop during a women's retreat in April. I thought it would be just a talk and didn't expect to get any deeper or to know myself this much. I continued with Dr Cherlene’s counselling after that.
It's been very helpful, sometimes with tears, sometimes with joy. I realized that I didn't really know myself as I thought.
The environment that I grew up in, how I was raised and even my family’s past had such a big influence on my daily life, affecting each second.
I have learned from Cherlene that God loves me constantly. He created me beautiful and special. Satan is trying to destroy our positive side all the time.
Understanding that helped me get rid of my worries and depression.
I could write another ten thousand words about our sessions, however, since everyone is special and different, I recommend you experience this yourself.
I'm so happy with the counselling sessions with Cherlene. It's definitely a lifetime worthy experience.
I am so grateful Cherlene is serving GOD with her warm heart and wisdom. I appreciate the opportunity to attend counselling sessions with her.
