About Kerry
Kerry Hyland helps people struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and low self-esteem. She also supports those facing addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating or sleeping difficulties, ADHD and career strain. Kerry works with people coping with major life changes and compassion fatigue, as well as a range of other challenges such as chronic illness, bereavement and attachment issues.
Kerry practises in the United Kingdom and has ten years of experience.
How Kerry works
She holds BACP accreditation, which is listed as her professional credential. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted. Her style blends practical strategies with a warm, person-focused manner.
Kerry adapts what she uses to fit each person. Some people get clear cognitive tools to manage anxiety. Others benefit from an approach that emphasises values, acceptance and emotional connection.
In sessions she aims to build trust quickly and work at a pace people can manage. Kerry often uses short-term, goal-focused work when that suits a person's needs, while remaining open to deeper exploration where required. She also runs tailored wellbeing workshops alongside individual work.
People who come to Kerry can expect straightforward, plain-speaking conversations. She describes herself as empathetic, non-judgemental and grounded. The emphasis is on helping people find practical ways forward and reclaim a stronger sense of agency in daily life.
Kerry lists 14 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)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Kerry works with
The areas below are the ones Kerry selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- 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
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult 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 therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while lining up actions with what matters most to them. It can help with anxiety, stress and managing life changes by building small, value-directed steps. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical techniques to reduce symptoms such as worry, low mood or sleep problems. It often uses short, structured sessions with homework tasks to try between appointments. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns and can help people understand trust, intimacy and communication issues in their present lives.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Kerry works collaboratively to choose which methods make sense for each person’s situation and goals. She will discuss options openly and adapt the plan as progress is made so the work feels useful and relevant.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful, phone sessions are useful for shorter check-ins or where bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can suit people who prefer writing or need flexibility around work or caregiving. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work with a registered or accredited professional regardless of location.
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