- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Hayley
Hayley Blacker is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of practice and a BACP registration. She focuses on practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety and depression. Hayley also helps with grief, loss, trauma and relationships, and offers a steady presence for those facing parenting challenges.
Her approach is warm and straightforward. Sessions aim to be a place where people can talk without judgement and begin to make small, realistic changes.
Background and approach
Hayley listens for the patterns that cause repeated upset and helps clients try new ways of responding. She draws on client-centred work to keep the person’s experience central. Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas help when there are painful feelings around relationships or attachment.
Somatic and psychodynamic perspectives are used when bodily reactions or past experiences shape present difficulties. Hayley pays attention to issues that often overlap with parenting, such as sleep, eating, communication and stress. She also works with people facing identity-related concerns, addiction, chronic health challenges and career pressures.
Sessions are conversational and calm, focused on what matters most to the client. To begin, she guides people through small, manageable steps rather than large, sudden changes. The emphasis is on practical strategies you can try between sessions and building skills to handle future challenges.
Hayley aims to help people feel more steady and capable over time.
What Hayley works with
Everything Hayley lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Hayley helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- 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
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- 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
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Hayley lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused 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 Hayley’s approaches work online
Hayley blends several approaches to support emotional and relational change. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early patterns affect current relationships and helps people notice and change unhelpful interaction habits. Client-Centred Therapy puts the client’s experience at the heart of the work, prioritising listening and reflection so people can find their own solutions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying and working with core emotions in relationships to create more supported ways of connecting.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Hayley will discuss options and adjust methods based on the person’s needs, goals and preferences. That shared decision-making helps form a plan that feels manageable and relevant to day-to-day life.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let you meet face to face when a fuller conversation is needed. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who express themselves better in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and busy schedules.
Questions people ask about Hayley
What kinds of concerns does Hayley help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship difficulties. Parenting-related struggles such as sleeping, eating and communication are also part of her focus.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is conversational and non-judgemental, centring the person’s experience. Sessions combine listening with practical ideas to try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Hayley has three years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and relationship issues. She has worked with people facing trauma, loss and ongoing stress.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, noted as BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Hayley accepts international clients.
What online formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, allowing different ways to connect depending on preference.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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