Gayle Nykerk-Jones, BACP

Gayle Nykerk-Jones works with adults who are feeling overwhelmed by change, loss, difficult relationships or ongoing stress. She is a BACP counsellor with ten years of experience and focuses on practical ways to make life easier day to day.

She offers straightforward, respectful conversations that start where the person is. Sessions centre on what matters most to the individual - managing anxiety, coping with grief, dealing with addictions, improving sleep, or handling life transitions. Gayle also supports people working through attention and neurodivergent concerns such as ADHD and late-diagnosed autism.

Her approach mixes evidence-based methods and a person-centred attitude. That means helping people clarify values, try small behaviour changes, and learn skills to steady strong feelings. Gayle adapts tools from approaches like cognitive behavioural work and acceptance-based methods to fit each person’s needs.

She pays attention to long-term patterns made by attachment, and uses that understanding to help people find different ways to connect and set boundaries. For practical problems such as caregiving strain, chronic illness, or ageing-related concerns, she focuses on clear steps people can take to feel more manageable day to day.

Gayle aims to make the process collaborative. She listens first, then builds a plan together that respects the client’s pace and priorities. The first session is used to map concerns and agree simple next steps.

How Gayle’s approaches translate to online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and low motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection patterns affect current relationships and helps people try new ways of relating and setting boundaries. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and the client's own pace to build confidence and self-understanding.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gayle aims to collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best for their goals and preferences. She will check in and adjust the plan so techniques feel helpful rather than imposed.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm session types before booking. In general, working with a counsellor remotely can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow for quieter check-ins that do not require being on camera. Online conversations can support learning skills, rehearsing new ways of communicating, and keeping momentum between sessions while fitting therapy around everyday life.