Gayle Nykerk-Jones, BACP
10 years in practice
Gayle Nykerk-Jones is a BACP counsellor with ten years of experience supporting people through hard times.
License and registration
- BACP
- 374040 · expires July 2026
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
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About Gayle
Gayle Nykerk-Jones is a BACP counsellor with ten years of experience supporting people through hard times. She offers calm, attentive listening and practical ways to tackle stress, anxiety, grief and difficulties with mood or addiction. Gayle speaks plainly and works to make the first appointment feel manageable for someone who is nervous.
Her approach is integrative and draws on Jungian ideas alongside evidence-based methods like cognitive approaches and acceptance work.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what the person brings in that moment and on small, useful steps between meetings. Gayle adapts conversations to match how each person thinks and learns. She has worked with people facing neurodivergent issues such as later-diagnosed autism and ADHD, and with a wide range of concerns from relationship struggles to chronic illness and caregiving stress.
Gayle pays attention to attachment patterns and how past losses affect present life. In practice she mixes client-centred listening with clear strategies from CBT and acceptance and commitment approaches. This balance helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try different actions without feeling judged.
Sessions may include reflection on personal stories and practical tasks to practise between meetings. Gayle works in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English. She explains how the subscription-based session system operates and helps people understand booking, scheduling and the next steps when they are ready to begin.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Gayle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Depression
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Gayle names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
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Online support
Approaches and how they work online
Jungian Therapy pays attention to personal stories, symbols and recurring life themes to help people understand patterns that shape their feelings and choices. It can be useful for people who want to reflect on how past experiences influence current behaviour.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It is often helpful for anxiety, depression and for coping with long-term conditions by focusing on meaningful activity rather than symptom elimination.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early and current relationship patterns to improve how people connect and set boundaries. It can support people dealing with trust, intimacy or communication difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gayle aims to decide on methods together with each person, matching techniques to their goals, needs and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying different ways of working and adjusting as the therapy progresses.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client meet face to face when speech and visual cues help the work. Phone sessions can be easier on low bandwidth days or when someone prefers not to use a camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, working through a difficult moment between meetings, or fitting therapy into a busy day. Registered and accredited professionals can adapt exercises and homework to suit each format, making therapy more accessible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Gayle help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief and bereavement, as well as issues like ADHD, relationship worries, parenting strain, eating and sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe Gayle's therapeutic style?
Her style combines gentle, client-centred listening with practical strategies from cognitive approaches and acceptance work, plus reflection informed by Jungian thought and attachment ideas.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Gayle has ten years of professional counselling experience working with a broad range of mental health and life concerns, including later-diagnosed autism and ADHD in adults.
Where does Gayle practise and what are her credentials?
She practises in the United Kingdom and holds BACP, which is listed among her professional credentials.
Which languages are supported for therapy?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to practical needs and preference.
How does costing work for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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