Our Team

Dr Kerry Phair is a health psychologist who works with individual adults, couples, children/young people (age 5+) and families across a wide range of issues and problems including: anxiety, depression/low mood, stress, anger/aggression, assertiveness, bereavement/grief, chronic illness, eating and body image, gender and sexual identity, life transitions, loneliness, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), phobias, relaxation, self-harm and many more.

Kerry has a particular interest in working with children, young people and families to support mental health and physical health concerns.

She also offers supervision for fellow practitioners on a one-to-one basis.
 

Kerry's way of working

Kerry aims to build a strong therapeutic relationship with each client so they feel supported in sessions and able to talk openly and freely while also working hard to achieve their goals. She works in a person-centred, humanistic way in her counselling/psychotherapy work, favouring a more structured therapeutic approach which may include elements from a number of therapies such as Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Person-centred Therapy, Mindfulness Based Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Compassion Focussed Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotion Focussed Therapy, Solution Focussed Therapy and Schema Therapy. Kerry is passionate about ensuring that clients get the most from each session and from therapy as a whole.
 

Kerry's background and training

Kerry has worked as a clinical support worker in various settings including in an inpatient unit of a hospital for children and young people; as an assistant practitioner for a paediatric outreach team; and providing therapeutic/support services for a number of charities. 

Kerry holds a DPsych in Health Psychology from Glasgow Caledonian University as well as a BSc in Psychology from Heriot Watt University. 

Kerry is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and she is a graduate member of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
 

Kerry's fee

Kerry charges £100 a session for self-funding clients. She also works with clients referred via their employer/organisation – for further details, please visit First Psychology Assistance.