About Kay
Kay Tarry helps people who are struggling with trauma, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, stress and relationship concerns. She speaks plainly and offers steady support to help people feel less overwhelmed and more able to cope. Kay uses clear goals and practical steps to move forward rather than long lectures or jargon.
With ten years of experience, Kay listens, asks questions and sometimes offers gentle challenges to help people see things differently.
How Kay works
She draws on several therapy approaches to shape sessions around what each person needs. Sessions are tailored rather than one-size-fits-all. Her background includes work with people affected by past abuse, neglect, bullying and other traumatic events.
She also helps people dealing with life changes, caregiving stress, chronic illness, body image, career worries and issues around intimacy and kink. Kay pays attention to how attachment and early relationships shape current patterns. Kay uses practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy alongside acceptance and commitment ideas.
She blends these with client-centred listening and attachment-focused work to support emotion regulation and clearer thinking. The emphasis is on useful skills people can try between sessions. People who choose Kay can expect a calm, straightforward approach and a focus on achievable change.
She supports exploration of feelings while helping people set realistic goals. The aim is better coping, clearer choices and more confidence in daily life.
Kay lists 12 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)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Kay works with
The areas below are the ones Kay selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Therapeutic approaches and online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward what matters most. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and teaches practical strategies to change them and reduce distress. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress is made and new challenges arise. Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives or limited local options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is low, and live chat or text-based messaging suits quick check-ins or shorter exchanges. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or other commitments and to maintain regular contact between sessions.Start online instead of waiting
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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