Kerry Atkins, BACP
3 years in practice
Kerry Atkins is a counsellor and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- BACP
- 408541 · expires March 2026
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Kerry
Kerry Atkins is a counsellor and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom. She works with a range of issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship difficulties. Kerry aims to make the first step into therapy feel less daunting by offering calm, steady support and practical ways to manage distress.
Her practice draws on existential ideas about meaning and choice. She also uses acceptance and commitment approaches and attachment-informed ways of understanding relationships.
Background and approach
Kerry blends these with practical techniques such as breathing exercises, somatic body work and guided meditation to help people connect mind and body. She has three years of clinical experience and holds BACP accreditation.
Kerry says her own work in therapy shaped how she supports others and gave her a clear sense of what it feels like to start where things are difficult. That experience informs a gentle but purposeful style in sessions. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the person.
Kerry listens for how past experiences affect day-to-day life and offers challenges when helpful to help people move towards their goals. She also pays attention to practical coping skills for sleep, eating and stress management. Kerry offers a non-judgemental space to talk through sensitive issues such as intimacy, sexual expression, parenting pressures and neurodiversity-related concerns.
Her aim is to help people find clearer choices, steadier mood, and more workable ways of living.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kerry lists on their public professional profile, 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 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 Kerry names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Existential therapy helps people look at meaning, choice and responsibility in life. In practice this can help when someone feels stuck after a loss, a big life change or ongoing low mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing painful thoughts and making values-led choices; it often helps with anxiety, stress and coping with chronic problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people change how they relate to others.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Kerry works collaboratively to match methods to a person's needs, goals and preferences. She will discuss what feels useful and adapt techniques as work proceeds so that each plan fits the individual rather than a fixed model.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and body language; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited; live chat or text messaging suits shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family life or mobility constraints while still accessing the same therapeutic approaches.
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Questions people ask
What problems can Kerry help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship issues, as well as concerns like sleep and eating, parenting strain, ADHD and career difficulties.
What is Kerry's therapeutic style?
Her style is calm and collaborative, combining existential reflection with practical coping tools and gentle challenges to help people make changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Kerry has three years of experience working as a counsellor and psychotherapist in the United Kingdom.
What are Kerry's credentials and where is she based?
She holds BACP accreditation and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How are sessions paid for and priced?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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