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Kerry Hulbert

Therapist or counsellor · United Kingdom

Kerry Hulbert

BACP

Compassionate support through life transitions

  • 7 years' experience
  • Based in United Kingdom
  • Sessions online
  • Speaks English
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  • Person-centred approach
  • Experience with grief
  • BACP registered

About Kerry

Kerry Hulbert is a counsellor who specialises in supporting people facing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and depression. She draws on seven years of counselling experience and a background in nursing and midwifery to offer calm, practical support. Kerry aims to help people feel heard and to find ways to manage hard times more steadily.

She bases her work on person-centred principles, offering acceptance and empathy while letting each person set the pace. Kerry also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past patterns affect current feelings. Somatic elements may be included to help people notice and work with physical responses to distress.

Kerry has experience supporting people through serious illness and end-of-life concerns, caregiver stress, and age-related changes. She also helps with relationship and family issues, body image, eating concerns, and the emotional effects of chronic pain or disability. Conversations focus on what matters most to the individual and practical ways to cope day to day.

Her nursing and midwifery past gives her familiarity with health-related worries and hospital pathways. Kerry describes counselling as a collaborative process where the client leads and the counsellor follows, offering reflection and gentle challenge when useful. She aims to empower people to make clearer choices and to move forward with more confidence.

Kerry is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and works in the United Kingdom. Sessions are conducted in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHearing impairedHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySomatic TherapySystemic Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Credentials

BACP · United Kingdom

Languages

English

How Kerry’s approaches translate to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening with empathy and offering acceptance. It helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to work out what matters to them. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns from earlier life that appear in current feelings and relationships, which can be useful for long-standing worries and repeat behaviours. Somatic Therapy brings attention to bodily sensations and how the body holds stress, which can help with trauma, chronic pain and anxiety.

Choosing an approach is part of the work together. Kerry treats this as a collaborative process where the client’s goals, history and preferences guide which methods are used. She will discuss options and adapt the focus as the work progresses, checking in about what is helping and what needs to change.

Please confirm the current session options before booking as the biography does not specify formats. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow check-ins around work or caring responsibilities. It also lets people use quieter surroundings or shorter sessions when that suits them. Registered or accredited professionals can tailor techniques from the described approaches to work well in remote sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Kerry help with?

Kerry supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and life changes. She also works with concerns such as caregiver stress, cancer-related issues, chronic pain and communication problems.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is person-centred, offering acceptance and empathy while following what the client brings. She combines that with psychodynamic thinking and somatic awareness when these fit the person's needs.

What is her professional background?

Before counselling Kerry had a long career as a nurse and a midwife, and she has seven years of counselling experience supporting people through loss, illness and emotional distress.

What credentials does she hold and where does she practise?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practices in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions available in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She does not accept international clients currently; sessions are arranged for people within the United Kingdom.

How are sessions paid for and what do costs look like?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin a course of counselling?

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