About Gayle
Gayle Nykerk-Jones welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by worry, stress, low mood or life changes. She is a counsellor with a ten year track record working in the United Kingdom. Gayle aims to create a calm, respectful space where a person can talk honestly about what is worrying them and begin to find practical ways forward.
Gayle uses clear, straightforward conversation and tailors each session to the person in front of her.
Background and approach
She draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural therapy to look at thinking patterns, and acceptance and commitment ideas to help people focus on what matters to them. Sessions can also include attention to attachment patterns and skills from dialectical behaviour therapy where that fits the difficulty.
Her past work has covered anxiety, stress, depression, grief and loss, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, and challenges linked to attention and focus. Gayle has particular experience with neurodivergent issues such as adult autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She offers support for a wide range of life stresses, including caring responsibilities and chronic health worries.
Gayle adapts conversations and plans to each person’s needs and preferences. That can mean more practical exercises in one week and reflective, emotion-focused work in another. She aims to help people build coping strategies and small, achievable changes that fit their daily life.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
How Gayle’s approaches work online
Gayle commonly uses cognitive behavioural therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in her online work. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on values and small, meaningful steps forward.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how past relationships shape current reactions. That perspective can help when worries or relationship patterns keep repeating. Together, these approaches offer a mix of skills practice and deeper reflection depending on what a person needs.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and Gayle treats that as a collaboration. She will discuss goals, try different strategies and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients are invited to say what feels useful and what does not, so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy with Gayle is offered by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Video sessions support face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone work can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging suits brief check-ins, ongoing reflection and flexible contact between longer conversations. These options help people fit therapy around work, caring duties and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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