- Years in practice
- 10
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Kerry
Kerry Hyland is a counsellor who supports people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and parenting challenges. She works with issues such as low self-esteem, depression, addictions and relationship and intimacy-related concerns. Kerry offers a calm, grounded presence and aims to help people feel heard and more able to cope.
Kerry adapts her way of working to each person’s needs. She draws on client-centred principles alongside cognitive and behavioural tools to tackle unhelpful thoughts and habits.
Background and approach
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas and emotion-focused techniques also appear in sessions when they suit a person’s goals. Her background includes work in schools, a GP surgery and university counselling services. Those roles gave experience with a wide range of presenting problems and age groups, and shaped a practical focus on what helps most in day-to-day life.
Kerry has ten years of experience and holds BACP accreditation, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. In sessions she uses short-term frameworks where helpful, alongside longer work when needed. Practical exercises, guided visualisation and motivational strategies can be offered alongside conversational therapy.
Kerry also creates bespoke wellbeing workshops when a different format is needed. People who come to Kerry often want to regain a sense of voice and agency. She describes her style as warm, non-judgemental and empathetic, aiming to build trust quickly so people can start to make changes that matter to them.
What Kerry works with
Everything Kerry lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Kerry helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- 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)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is about noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and choosing actions that reflect what matters to you. ACT can help with anxiety, low mood and parenting stress by clarifying values and building small, steady steps towards them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical exercises to change behaviours and improve mood. It is often used for anxiety, sleep and depression and can give concrete skills to use between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kerry will discuss what feels most helpful and adapt methods based on a person’s goals, preferences and everyday life. This is a collaborative process where techniques are tested and adjusted over time to suit how a person responds.
Online sessions use video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video helps replicate a face-to-face conversation, phone can be quicker when bandwidth is limited, and text options suit shorter check-ins or times when typing feels easier. These choices make it simpler to fit therapy around parenting schedules, work and other commitments while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Questions people ask about Kerry
What kinds of concerns does Kerry help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, depression, addictions and many other issues including parenting and relationship concerns.
What is Kerry's general approach in sessions?
Her style is adaptable and person-focused, combining client-centred listening with cognitive and behavioural techniques and acceptance-oriented methods to meet practical goals.
How much experience does Kerry have?
She has ten years of experience working in settings such as schools, a GP surgery and university counselling services, alongside independent practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
Kerry is accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients access sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with 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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