Kerry Atkins, BACP
Compassionate counsellor who listens and guides
Details
| Name | Kerry Atkins |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 3 |
About Kerry
Kerry Atkins is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years' experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and issues around identity and intimacy. Kerry aims to make early sessions straightforward and low-pressure so someone nervous about starting therapy can feel heard quickly.
Kerry draws on several practical approaches to tailor sessions to each person. She uses Narrative ideas to untangle the story someone tells about themselves, and Cognitive Behavioral techniques to spot patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help clients work out what matters most and take small steps towards those values. Her sessions include breathing exercises, somatic body work and guided meditation when these fit a person’s needs. Kerry places importance on how body sensations and emotions link together, and she works at a steady pace that balances challenge with gentleness.
Conversations look at past events and how they shape current habits and feelings. People who come to Kerry might also want help with parenting stress, sleep and eating difficulties, ADHD, career worries, or grief over loss including the death of a pet. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiving strain, and questions around attachment and adoption history.
Kerry holds registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled according to the therapist’s availability.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Kerry works with, alongside the areas below.
- 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 counseling
- 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 listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Kerry among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Kerry among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Kerry among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Kerry among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Kerry among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Kerry among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Kerry among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Kerry among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Kerry among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Kerry among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Kerry among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Kerry directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Kerry directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Kerry’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts. Narrative Therapy focuses on the stories people tell about their lives and helps them re-author those stories to create different futures. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and helps people notice how earlier bonds shape present reactions and connections.Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the work and is decided together. Kerry will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit your situation. She adapts techniques over time if something isn’t helping, so the plan remains collaborative and flexible.
Online therapy offers practical benefits like fitting sessions around work and family life, or using a short phone call or text check-in when a longer video meeting isn’t possible. Video calls let you see facial cues and body language, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can suit a quieter check-in, while live chat or messaging lets you pace conversations and reflect in writing. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and try different formats to find what works best.
Common questions about this listing
What issues does Kerry help with?
Kerry supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. She also works with concerns such as parenting stress, ADHD, sleep and eating difficulties, career worries and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is gentle and practical. Kerry listens, helps people reframe their personal stories and uses exercises like breathing and guided meditation during sessions.
What is Kerry’s background and experience?
She is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years' experience working with a broad range of emotional and relational concerns. Her own therapy experience shapes how she supports others starting out.
What credentials and location are listed?
Kerry is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, allowing different ways to connect depending on needs and practicalities.
How does the cost and subscription work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start therapy with Kerry?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. You can then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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