Kerry Hulbert, BACP

Kerry Hulbert is a BACP counsellor who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, grief and life changes. She draws on seven years of counselling experience after a long career as a nurse and midwife. Kerry focuses on steady, practical support and on helping people take small steps forward when life feels overwhelming.

Her style begins with listening and acceptance. Clients can expect a calm space to talk through worries about trauma, loss, depression or chronic health concerns. Kerry emphasises the person’s own strengths and choices rather than giving advice.

In practice she uses person-centred principles alongside other approaches. Psychodynamic ideas are used to notice patterns from the past that affect present feelings. Somatic methods also appear when bodily sensations are part of the distress, for example with chronic pain or illness.

She has worked with people facing cancer, caregiving stress, chronic pain and issues associated with ageing, as well as attachment and family-related concerns. Kerry aims to support emotional coping and to help people find ways to adapt to life changes.

Her background in nursing and midwifery informs a practical, down-to-earth approach to care. Kerry describes counselling as collaborative work where the client’s goals shape the sessions. To begin, she asks clients to identify what matters most and then builds simple, achievable steps towards those goals.

How Kerry's approaches translate to online counselling

Kerry works from a person-centred foundation, which means the focus is on listening and responding to what matters to the client. This approach helps when facing anxiety, grief or major life transitions because the client sets the agenda and pace.

She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to notice repeated patterns that come from past relationships. Talking about these patterns online can help people see how old responses still affect daily life. Somatic methods are used when the body holds stress or pain; this may include gentle attention to breathing, posture or bodily sensations to help reduce tension.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kerry will work with each person to choose techniques that match their needs and goals. She adapts sessions over time as progress and priorities change.

The practical benefits of online work include fitting counselling into a busy week and reducing travel time. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, please confirm current online and in-person options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to keep therapy consistent while managing health appointments, work or caregiving commitments.