About Gayle
Gayle Nykerk-Jones welcomes people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low or stuck. She is a counsellor with ten years of experience. Gayle writes simple, practical sessions so people can start to feel more in control.
She aims to make the first step easier for anyone who is finding life hard. Gayle uses plain talk and a flexible approach. She draws on methods such as cognitive behavioural ideas and acceptance work to help with mood, worry and unhelpful thinking.
How Gayle works
Attachment-informed work and client-centred listening shape how she meets people, especially where relationships and intimacy are involved. She has supported people through grief, bereavement and major life change. Gayle also works with issues such as addictions, sleeping and eating difficulties, and challenges tied to neurodivergence like ADHD and late-diagnosed autism.
Practical strategies and steady support are offered alongside space to process feelings. Sessions are arranged to suit the person and focus on clear goals and small steps. Gayle pays attention to how life events and long-term patterns affect day-to-day coping.
Her tone is warm and straightforward, aiming to help people build skills they can use between meetings. Gayle is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She sees people across the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English.
Her practice is aimed at adults seeking help with emotional and practical difficulties.
Gayle lists 15 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
What Gayle works with
The areas below are the ones Gayle selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Gayle’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on values and small action steps. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with change by encouraging practical movement toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions to find concrete strategies for worry, low mood and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns and can help with intimacy issues and communication struggles.Finding the right method is part of the process. Gayle will work with each person to choose approaches that match their goals, needs and preferences. This is a collaborative process where methods are adapted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging to fit different lives. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues, while phone work can be easier when bandwidth is low. Live chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins, busy schedules or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel, and to continue work between sessions.
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