Kerry Atkins, BACP

Kerry Atkins is a counsellor in the United Kingdom who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties. She also works with trauma and abuse, issues around attachment and family, and concerns such as eating, sleeping and self-esteem. Kerry lists ageing and geriatric issues among her focus areas and also helps with caregiver stress and chronic health-related challenges.

Kerry draws on a variety of approaches to shape each session around the person in front of her. She uses practical tools such as breathing exercises, somatic body work and guided meditation alongside conversational therapy. Sessions aim to help people notice how their body and thoughts connect and to build small, doable steps toward change.

Her way of working is grounded in having experienced therapy herself, so she pays attention to how daunting starting therapy can feel. Kerry offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk through what matters now and how the past may still affect the present. She balances understanding with gentle challenges to help people meet their goals.

Kerry’s clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT). She has three years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

People come to Kerry for practical coping strategies, help with big life transitions and support managing long-term conditions or caring roles. She encourages steady progress and works with each person to find the right pace and focus.

How therapy approaches shape online care

Kerry uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and to clarify what matters most to them. ACT often suits people facing anxiety, depression or big life changes who want to act in line with their values rather than being driven by difficult feelings.

Attachment-Based Therapy is another strand of her work. This approach looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people repair or rethink their ways of relating to others, which can be useful for relationship, intimacy and caregiving concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kerry will explore your needs, goals and preferences and help decide which methods to try together. That choice is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.

If you are interested in online sessions, please confirm the specific formats available before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work or caring responsibilities and can allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also removes travel time and can help people maintain continuity of care during life transitions. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises like breathing work, somatic practices and guided meditation to an online setting so practical tools remain part of the therapy process.