Kerry Atkins
Gentle, practical support for everyday struggles
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About Kerry
Kerry Atkins is a counsellor and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom. She has three years of experience and helps people who are struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy difficulties, trauma and abuse, and issues around identity and sexuality. Kerry aims to make starting therapy feel less daunting.
She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can say what they need to say. She listens to how concerns show up in daily life and works at a steady, manageable pace tailored to each person.
Background and approach
Her approach blends practical exercises with talking work. Kerry uses breathing techniques, somatic body work and guided meditation alongside talking therapies. She focuses on helping people reconnect mind and body and develop small skills they can use between sessions.
Kerry draws on several therapy models to shape sessions, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, client-centred ways of working, cognitive behavioural techniques and emotionally-focused ideas. She adapts these to fit what the person wants to achieve rather than following a fixed plan.
People come to Kerry for a wide range of concerns such as parenting stress, career strain, sleep and eating difficulties, ADHD-related challenges, chronic health burdens and compassion fatigue. She also pays attention to less-discussed losses such as the death of a pet and to aspects of kink and alternative sexuality when these affect wellbeing. Kerry encourages practical steps alongside emotional work.
She offers straightforward feedback, gentle challenges and coping strategies aimed at helping people make steady changes and feel more able to manage life as it unfolds.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 408541
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Kerry's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Kerry works with
Everything Kerry lists, in their own terms.
- 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.
How Kerry works online
Finding the right way of working is part of the therapy process. Kerry will work collaboratively to see which approaches fit a person's goals and preferences. Together they test methods, adjust the focus, and agree practical steps that feel manageable for the client.
If you are thinking about online therapy, check the session formats Kerry currently offers before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around busy days, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use breathing exercises and somatic practices at a comfortable pace while still having the therapist available to guide the process. Registered or accredited professionals can help choose an approach and adapt exercises so they work well in remote sessions, based on each person's needs and daily routine.
Questions and answers
What issues can Kerry help with?
Kerry works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, ADHD and compassion fatigue.
What is Kerry's general therapy style?
Her style is calm, practical and person-centred, mixing talking with exercises such as breathing, somatic body work and guided meditation to help connect thoughts and bodily experience.
How long has Kerry been practising?
She has three years of experience working as a counsellor and psychotherapist in the United Kingdom.
What credential does Kerry hold and where is she based?
Kerry is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with Kerry?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions charged and what is the cost structure?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Kerry?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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