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Hayley Blacker, BACP

Credentials
BACP
Experience
3 years
Practising in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Sessions
Online only
Client ages
Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseDepression

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Hayley Blacker is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience and a BACP registration. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can begin to talk through difficult feelings. Hayley acknowledges how hard the first step can be and aims to make getting started as straightforward as possible.

She helps people facing stress and anxiety and supports those dealing with depression. Hayley also works with relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief and loss, and people coping after trauma or abuse.

Background and approach

Addictions, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, and career concerns are also within her practice. Hayley uses approaches that centre the person in front of her. She draws on attachment-based and emotionally-focused work to clarify how relationships affect feelings and behaviour.

Client-centred principles mean she matches the pace and focus to each person’s needs. Her background includes psychodynamic ideas that look at past patterns, and somatic techniques that link thoughts and body sensations. These methods are used to help people notice unhelpful habits and try new ways of responding.

Hayley explains interventions in plain language and keeps sessions practical. Sessions may suit people who want a steady, compassionate listener as well as practical steps to cope. She welcomes international clients and runs sessions in English.

To begin, people use the site’s matching process and then schedule sessions according to availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Hayley draws on attachment-based work to look at how close relationships shape feelings and patterns. This helps people who struggle with trust, abandonment worries or repeating relationship problems. She also uses emotionally-focused therapy to help people identify and shift the emotions that drive conflict or disconnection in relationships.

Psychodynamic ideas are used to notice past patterns that still influence day-to-day life, and somatic techniques help people tune into physical sensations linked to anxiety or trauma. Together these approaches give different ways to understand and change habits rather than relying on a single method.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Hayley works collaboratively to decide what fits a person’s goals, needs and preferences. She will check in about what is helping and adjust the focus as therapy progresses so the work remains relevant and practical.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or shorter conversations. These options make it simpler to attend from different locations and at varied times.
What concerns does Hayley commonly address?
Hayley works with stress, anxiety and depression as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues. She also helps with trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and a wide range of life changes.
What is Hayley’s style in sessions?
Her approach is calm and non-judgemental and she keeps things straightforward. Sessions mix listening with practical ideas people can try between meetings.
What experience does she have?
Hayley has three years of professional experience working with people on emotional and relational difficulties. That work has included supporting people after loss and in recovery from trauma.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are accepted and may work with her from other countries.
How are sessions delivered?
Hayley offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

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Experience
3 years
Registered with
BACP
Languages
English

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