Hayley Blacker, BACP
3 years in practice
Hayley Blacker is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
License and registration
- BACP
- 410508 · expires November 2026
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Hayley
Hayley Blacker is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and a range of relationship and intimacy-related concerns.
Hayley aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and acknowledges the courage it takes to begin. Hayley focuses on building a calm, non-judgemental space.
Background and approach
She encourages people to say what matters to them and to notice the feelings behind their words. Sessions are practical and conversational, rather than full of clinical jargon. Her approach draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and attachment-based ideas to look at how emotions and close relationships shape present difficulties.
Client-centred work is used to keep the pace and topics guided by the person sitting opposite her. She also uses psychodynamic and somatic elements to help understand patterns and bodily responses that maintain distress. Hayley has worked with a wide variety of concerns, from addictions and bipolar issues to parenting stress and career worries.
She also supports people grappling with body image, chronic illness, neurodiversity and alternative sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink. Her aim is to help people find clearer ways to cope and move forward. Sessions are offered in English and Hayley is available to work with international clients.
Practical options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, and arrangements are made through a simple online sign-up and matching process.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Hayley lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- 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
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces 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
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Hayley names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Emotion and attachment work adapted for online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name strong feelings and how those feelings shape relationships. It suits people who want to understand emotional reactions and find new ways to respond during conflict or distress.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early and current relationship patterns to explain why certain situations feel threatening or overwhelming. It can help people who struggle with trust, abandonment concerns, or repeating relationship cycles. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre of each session, giving space for thoughts and feelings to be heard and reflected back without pressure.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and choose methods together with the client. That collaborative process means plans can change as understanding grows and needs shift.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are close to face-to-face sessions and work well for more in-depth conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit around a busy day. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, journalling between sessions, or a way to reflect without being on camera. These options help people access therapy from different places and schedules while keeping the focus on the therapeutic work.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns can be brought to therapy?
Hayley supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addictions, bipolar disorder, parenting strain, body image and many other life challenges listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and straightforward. She creates a calm, non-judgemental space and focuses on emotions, relationships and practical ways to cope.
What is Hayley's background and experience?
She has three years of professional experience working in the UK and has helped people with a wide range of emotional and relational difficulties.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Hayley?
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