Kerry Atkins, BACP

Kerry Atkins is a counsellor and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom. She has three years' experience supporting people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship concerns. Kerry also works with people facing trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, ADHD and a range of other life challenges including career changes and compassion fatigue.

She aims for an approach that feels calm and practical. Kerry draws on what helped her in therapy herself, so sessions tend to be gentle but purposeful. She uses breathing exercises, somatic body work and guided meditation alongside talk therapy to help people reconnect mind and body.

Kerry adapts her methods to the person in front of her. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas among others. This lets her match tools to a client's goals rather than using a single method for everyone.

People can expect a space without judgement where feelings are listened to and explored. Kerry will look at how past experiences shape present patterns and offer practical challenges to support change. She emphasises building resilience and finding ways to manage everyday distress.

She works in English and is registered with BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Prospective clients should use the platform's Start Therapy process to complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange a first session according to Kerry's availability.

Kerry welcomes conversations about concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, body image and blended family stress, and she supports people navigating Illness, chronic pain and carer strain. Her style aims to make therapy feel manageable and relevant to day-to-day life.

How Kerry's approaches fit with online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it focuses on taking committed action towards a meaningful life. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and offers practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns, which many people find helpful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy attends to patterns that began in early relationships and how they affect current connections and intimacy, which can help with relationship and attachment-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kerry will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and she adapts methods in collaboration with the person she is working with. That way therapy becomes a shared process of trying things and noticing what helps.

The practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week and cutting travel time. Online work can also make shorter check-ins or focused skill practice simpler to schedule. Specific session formats are not listed here, so please confirm the current options before booking to make sure they suit your needs.