About Hayley
Hayley Blacker is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has three years of professional experience and offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people who are scared or unsure about starting therapy. Hayley helps people facing stress, anxiety and depression.
She supports those coping with grief, loss, trauma and abuse. Relationship and intimacy concerns are also within her scope, along with issues like addiction, sleep problems and career stress.
Background and approach
Her approach is grounded in the body as well as the story. Somatic Therapy is used alongside attachment-based and client-centred ideas so that feelings can be noticed in both mind and body. Sessions aim to help people recognise patterns and try different ways of responding in daily life.
Hayley keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what feels useful for each person. She listens without judgement and works collaboratively to set goals and small steps. The practical rhythm of therapy will be shaped by each person’s needs.
Sessions are offered in English and are available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Hayley uses a subscription model for sessions that may vary by location and availability, and she encourages anyone taking this step to be gentle with themselves as they begin.
How Hayley blends approaches for online therapy
Somatic Therapy focuses on noticing sensations in the body as a way to understand feelings and reactions. It can help people who find emotions show up physically as tension, pain or restlessness.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns in close connections. It can be useful for people who want to change repeating relationship responses or better understand attachment needs.
Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of each session. The counsellor listens with empathy and helps the person find their own solutions and direction.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Hayley will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together decide which methods feel most helpful. The process is collaborative and can change as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments, and allow people to continue their work from home or while travelling.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English