Kerry Atkins

• Anxiety
• Loss of a pet
• Breathing exercises

About Kerry

Kerry Atkins works with stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and bereavement, and a wide range of other concerns using a mixture of therapeutic approaches. She is a member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and has three years' experience in practice.

Kerry offers a calm, person-centred way of working. She uses talking, breathing exercises, somatic body work and guided meditation alongside therapy conversations. Sessions focus on understanding how past experiences affect the present and on practical steps that help people feel steadier day to day.

She has particular experience with anxiety, grief including the loss of a pet, and men's mental health. Kerry also works with issues such as attachment and family-related concerns, intimacy, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, self-esteem and changes in life and career.

Kerry draws on several approaches when planning sessions, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotionally-Focused and Attachment-Based work together with client-centred principles. She explains options and chooses techniques together with each person, often combining talking with breath and body-focused practices.

Her practice is based in the United Kingdom and sessions are carried out in English. Kerry aims to offer clear, practical steps as well as space to reflect, and she supports clients to try new ways of coping and relating that fit their day-to-day life.

How Kerry’s approaches translate to online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) aims to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed, and to commit to actions that reflect personal values; it can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thinking patterns and testing them with practical tasks between sessions; it is often used for anxiety, sleep and mood difficulties.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relational patterns affect current relationships and emotional responses, which can help with attachment issues and family-related concerns.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. Kerry will discuss options and agree a plan based on what the client needs and prefers, trying techniques and adjusting the mix as therapy progresses.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so check the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also make it simpler to continue work during life changes while trying methods such as breathing exercises or guided body awareness between meetings.

Topics Kerry lists

• Stress and 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 and 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 addictions
• 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

Ways of working

• 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

Questions about Kerry

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is listed as a core area she works on and she uses breathing exercises and therapy techniques to help manage symptoms.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses a mix of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Attachment-Based and client-centred work.

What experience does Kerry have?

She has three years' experience as a practising counsellor and psychotherapist in the United Kingdom.

Is she registered with a professional body or where is she based?

She is a member of the BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not specify formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started?

Click the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.