Kerry Hyland, BACP
10 years in practice
Kerry Hyland is a BACP counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and low self-esteem.
License and registration
- BACP
- 382593 · expires February 2026
- Years in practice
- 10
- 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 Hyland is a BACP counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and low self-esteem. She also supports people facing relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, sleep and eating problems, and work or career strain. Kerry works with a wide range of issues including ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Kerry adapts her approach to each person. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy alongside client-centred and cognitive behavioural techniques.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be practical and focused on what will help day to day. Her work style is warm and non-judgemental. Kerry aims to create a calm space where people can talk through painful feelings and small steps forward are agreed together.
She combines talking, practical exercises and mindfulness or visualisation when they suit the client's goals. Over a ten year career she has worked in schools, a GP surgery and as a university student counsellor, and also in community mental health roles. That experience informs how she responds to complex problems and different life stages.
People who meet Kerry can expect clear, straightforward sessions that focus on immediate coping and longer term change. She also offers workshops on wellbeing and uses a short-term framework when that fits someone’s needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kerry lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on feelings and attachment patterns to help people understand and change painful emotional cycles. It can be useful for people who struggle with strong emotions and relationship or intimacy-related worries.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) blends acceptance of difficult thoughts with taking values-based action. It helps with anxiety, depression, chronic health challenges and getting unstuck when life changes feel overwhelming.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they shape current responses to stress and closeness. It can help people who notice repeated patterns around trust, abandonment or communication problems.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kerry will discuss goals and preferences and try techniques collaboratively to see what fits. The plan can be adjusted as therapy progresses so methods match the person's needs.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is good for a standard weekly session and for visual exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, homework or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel.
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Questions people ask
What problems does Kerry commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression, as well as addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain and career concerns.
How would you describe the therapy style?
The approach is warm and client-centred, with practical tools and short-term focus when appropriate. Sessions mix talking, mindfulness or visualisation and specific behavioural exercises.
What background does the counsellor have?
Kerry has ten years' experience working in schools, a GP surgery, university counselling and community mental health roles, and she runs a personal psychotherapy practice and wellbeing workshops.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed as BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.
How does the cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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