I am a neuro-affirmative, qualified Integrative Therapist. I am licensed to work in the United Kingdom with 10 years of professional counselling experience in practice. I have supported clients with a wide range of personal issues, including depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, coping with grief, bereavement, loss, relationship issues, work-related issues, focus, concentration, & memory. I also have experience working with neurodivergent issues, including late-diagnosed adult Autism and ADHD. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialogue and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to seek a more fulfilling and happier life takes a lot of courage. I am here to listen, support and guide you in that process.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hearing impaired, HIV / AIDS, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Immigration issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic brain injury, Trichotillomania, Visually impaired, Women's issues, Workplace issues
Clinical 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
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #374040
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Gayle Nykerk-Jones. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Gaining insight into my feelings and where they come from has made a huge difference in how I relate to myself. I know there’s more to work on, but it feels doable.
Written on May 06, 2026 after therapy with Gayle for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, self esteem, and adhd
Gayle has been immensely helpful in helping me to untangle how certain things that I tend to think of as discrete are actually interrelated. She has also offered immensely supportive validation and and insight into how my neuro diversity influences my wellbeing, as well as providing simple supportive approaches to make life feel a little easier.
Written on Jan 13, 2026 after therapy with Gayle for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting issues, self esteem, coaching, and adhd
I have been trying to find a suitable therapist for almost 3 years and had almost given up hope until I met Gayle. I’m so glad I persisted. She is able to hold me accountable to myself, whilst remaining compassionate and without judgement.
Written on Jan 06, 2026 after therapy with Gayle for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Very suited to me and my needs can’t imagine anyone to be better for me
Written on Nov 25, 2025 after therapy with Gayle for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coping with
Gayle is a marvellous and inspiring therapist. I can hear in the frequencies of her voice that she feels compassion strongly, that she uses her intellect as a positive force in the world for higher states of wisdom in the subject: I only have good things to say about her professional practice. I feel cared for, heard, seen, encouraged. When I say something that is amiss, Gayle is kind and patient to challenge my perception: this means I grow and develop. I am ever grateful to be working with her and would recommend her therapy to anyone wishing to grow.
Written on Nov 10, 2025 after therapy with Gayle for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, and adhd
Gayle is a very sweet, kind and understandable therapist who approaches things with sincerity and when appropriate humourously and positively
Written on Oct 31, 2025 after therapy with Gayle for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd