- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Kerry
Kerry Atkins is a counsellor and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom. She has three years of clinical experience and offers practical support for common struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief and parenting concerns. Kerry also works with people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping difficulties, and challenges with self-esteem and anger.
Kerry says starting therapy can feel frightening and vulnerable. She aims to make the first steps easier by offering a calm and understanding space to talk.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on what matters now and on small, manageable steps that clients can try between sessions. Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods chosen to suit each person. Kerry uses techniques such as breathing exercises, guided meditation and somatic body work to strengthen the link between mind and body.
She also incorporates ideas from cognitive behaviour work and acceptance-focused practice to help people notice thoughts and try different behaviours. Kerry pays attention to attachment and relational patterns that shape how people connect to others. She will listen for recurring difficulties linked to past experience and help clients see how these patterns affect current relationships and parenting challenges.
Sessions are practical and conversational rather than academic. Sessions are offered in English and use a variety of online formats. Kerry describes her role as supportive and challenge-oriented: she will encourage clients while offering gentle prompts to try new ways of coping.
Her goal is to help people build resilience and move toward a more satisfying everyday life.
What Kerry works with
Everything Kerry lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Kerry helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kerry lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps you notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small committed actions you can take, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and life transitions.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape the way people connect now. It helps to recognise patterns in relationships and parenting, and offers ways to build more stable connections and healthier communication.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kerry will listen to your concerns and preferences, and then suggest methods that fit your goals. Decisions about techniques and exercises are made collaboratively and can change as you progress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you follow visual cues and have a fuller conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when you need a shorter check-in, and live chat or text-based messaging suits quick reflections or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare or other commitments while still getting consistent therapeutic input.
Questions people ask about Kerry
What kinds of concerns does Kerry help with?
Kerry supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma. She also helps with relationship difficulties, parenting-related strain, eating and sleeping problems, self-esteem and anger.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm, practical and conversational. Kerry combines gentle challenge with emotional support and uses exercises you can practise between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of clinical experience working with a broad range of concerns including trauma, attachment issues and compassion fatigue.
What professional credential does she hold and where does she practise?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits you.
How are costs and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started with Kerry?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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