Kerry Forster , NCPS

Kerry Forster is a counsellor who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges and issues related to women's lives. She works with people facing grief, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD concerns and a range of intimacy and sexual culture topics. Kerry uses straightforward, practical conversation to help clients find a way forward.

Kerry prefers an approach that centres the person in the session. She usually lets clients set the pace and the topics. Where useful, she draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to challenge unhelpful thinking and on emotion-focused and attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns.

Her practice aims to be warm and non-judgemental. Sessions are a space to talk about distressing feelings, confusion or isolation and the effect these have on daily life. Kerry also supports people working through trauma and survivors of sexual and domestic abuse.

She has five years of experience and is listed with the NCPS, which is shown as NCPS on her profile. Kerry offers conversations that balance listening and practical steps so people can try different ways of coping between sessions.

People can expect a collaborative style that mixes open listening with clear suggestions. Kerry often combines person-centred work with techniques from CBT, DBT and emotionally-focused methods when those tools suit the issue at hand.

How Kerry uses online therapy and therapeutic approaches

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current feelings and connections. It helps when difficulties keep repeating in close relationships and the aim is to change those patterns by noticing emotional reactions and building different ways of relating.

Client-centred therapy puts the person and their experience at the centre of each session. This approach uses careful listening and empathy to help someone feel understood and to explore what they want to change.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Kerry will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. She often combines approaches so therapy can be tailored as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let people see facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use a camera. Live chat or messaging can suit short check-ins or people who prefer to write rather than speak. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments.