Kay Tarry , NCPS

Kay Tarry, NCPS, helps people who feel stuck, anxious, or weighed down by past hurts. She supports those dealing with trauma, grief, low self-esteem, stress and anxiety. She also works with people facing relationship and career challenges, and those exploring issues around identity and sexual culture.

Kay listens and asks questions to help people sort their thoughts and feelings. She offers gentle challenges and practical tasks. Together they set short goals and build steps to reach them.

Her work over the last 10 years has focused on helping people move from feeling overwhelmed or traumatised to coping better and feeling more like themselves. She supports those recovering from abuse, neglect or bullying and people managing chronic illness, caregiving strain or cancer-related stress.

Kay uses a pluralistic approach, tailoring each session to the person rather than using one fixed method. She draws on a mix of therapies so the work fits the client’s life and preferences. Sessions often include practical skills, reflection and real-world tasks to practise between meetings.

She practises in the United Kingdom and works in English. Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging so people can choose what suits them. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session once a suitable slot is found.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without fighting them and choosing actions that match what matters to you. It can help with anxiety, low mood and motivation by building small, values-led steps. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people understand and change unhelpful ways of connecting. It can be useful for relationship worries, attachment issues and feelings of abandonment.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and past experiences and then suggest options. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy progresses to better match what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when travel is difficult. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions or when writing feels more natural. Registered or accredited professionals can use these formats to tailor pacing and tools to the client's rhythm and needs.