Kerry Forster , NCPS

Kerry Forster is a fully qualified counsellor and an accredited member of NCPS, a credential that reflects professional training and membership in a counselling body. She practises an integrative, client-led approach that adapts to each person she sees, combining person-centered principles with targeted techniques when needed.

Sessions with Kerry emphasize a supportive, nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients can explore difficult feelings and life challenges. While the work is primarily client-centered - allowing the client to set the pace and focus - she also draws on Transactional Analysis, psychodynamic ideas, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help identify and challenge unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors.

Kerry has five years of experience working with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief and bereavement, health anxiety, low motivation, self-esteem difficulties, and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. Her practice also supports people facing relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, neurodivergence related concerns, caregiving stress, career transitions, and a variety of life changes.

She accepts clients in the United Kingdom and welcomes international clients, offering flexible ways to work together. Kerry aims to help clients understand their patterns, build coping skills, and make practical changes that feel meaningful to them.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Kerry Forster uses client-centered therapy to place the client at the heart of the process, prioritising the person’s own goals and pace so they feel heard and supported as they explore difficult emotions and decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot and gently challenge unhelpful thoughts and patterns, offering practical strategies for anxiety, low mood, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy helps uncover how early relationship experiences shape current patterns in intimacy and connection, which can be useful for relationship concerns, abandonment issues, and attachment-related distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Kerry works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time so the work remains relevant and effective for the individual.

Online therapy with Kerry is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to access support from home or while travelling, accommodate varying energy levels, and allow clients to choose the format that best suits their day-to-day life. Licensed professionals and therapists can use these formats to deliver focused, consistent care across a range of concerns.