About me
I'm Kerry. And if you've ended up here, there's a good chance your brain has been working overtime for a very long time.
Maybe you've been caught in a loop. A thought appears, feels unbearable, and you do something to make it go away. Except it comes back. And you do the thing again. And it comes back worse. If that sounds familiar, I want you to know: that's OCD. Not weakness. Not madness. Not a character flaw. A very specific, very treatable pattern that I've spent years working with.
What I actually help people with
Most of my clients come to me carrying thoughts they've never said out loud to anyone. Thoughts that feel disgusting, dangerous, or just deeply wrong. Thoughts about harming someone they love. Intrusive sexual thoughts. Fears that they're secretly a bad person. Doubts that never fully resolve no matter how much they check, confess, avoid, or reason their way through.
The shame around OCD is real. People often wait years before telling anyone, let alone a therapist, what's actually going on inside their head. Some have Googled their thoughts in the middle of the night, terrified of what that makes them. Some have pulled away from relationships, places, even themselves, trying to stay safe from something that lives in their own mind.
If that's you, I'm not going to flinch. I've heard it. I work with it every week.
How I work
I'm BABCP-accredited, which means my training and practice meet a high clinical standard. For OCD specifically, I use CBT and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Inference-based CBT (I-CBT). This approach is particularly useful when the doubt feels unshakeable, when no amount of reassurance sticks, and when you've started to wonder whether you can trust your own mind.
For trauma, whether that's a single event or years of experiences that left a mark, I use EMDR. It sounds strange if you haven't heard of it, but it works with how the brain stores distressing memories, not just how you think about them. Many people find it shifts things that talking alone never quite reached.
I also draw on ACT, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and mindfulness when they're genuinely useful. Not as buzzwords, but as specific tools for specific situations.
What sessions are actually like?
I'm warm, plain-speaking, and I don't do therapy-speak. You don't need to arrive with the right words or have things figured out. You can swear, go quiet, contradict yourself, or say you don't know. All of that is fine.
What I'll do is help you understand what's actually keeping this going (it's usually not what you think), and work with you on shifting it. Not by pushing you to just sit with discomfort and hope for the best, but by doing the right kind of work, in the right order, at a pace that doesn't flatten you.
Sessions are 50 minutes, online or in person in Leicestershire.
Not sure yet?
That's completely normal, especially if you've had a mixed experience with therapy before, or if you've never actually told anyone the full picture of what's going on. I offer a free 15-minute call so you can ask whatever you need to before committing to anything.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Accredited and registered member of the BABCP
- Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Postgraduate Certificate in Low-Intensity Psychological Interventions
- BSc (Hons) degree in Psychology and Sociology.
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR: Parts 1, 2 and 3)
I have completed additional training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion Focused
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The BABCP is the lead organisation for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the UK. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the practice, theory or development of CBT. BABCP also provides accreditation for CBT therapists. BABCP accredited members adhere to the Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics in the Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, and are willing to be scrutinised in this adherence as required.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
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Fees
£95.00 per session
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Further information
There are paid car parks near the clinic or on street parking is available.
