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Craig Kerrecoe

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors
About the Therapist
About the therapist:

I am a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community and bring lived-experience alongside professional training to my work. This informs a practice grounded in affirmation, respect, and awareness of minority stress, shame, and the impact of discrimination.

I am also neurodivergent and am particularly attuned to the ways neurodivergent people can be misunderstood, mislabelled, or over-pathologised in therapy. My approach prioritises validation, collaboration, and respect for your lived experience.

I am committed to ethical, reflective practice and work within the professional standards and code of ethics of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). I engage in regular clinical supervision and ongoing professional development.

Sexual identity:
  • Gay
  • Queer
Gender identity: Male
Gender history: As assigned at birth
Intersex: No
Neurodivergent: Yes
Personal pronouns: He/him
Qualifications - Links to websites:
  • Intensive Certification Training: Certified Complex Trauma Professional Levels 1 and 2 (CCTP-I/II), CERTIFICATION #274728, Institution: PESI UK
  • Intensive Certification Training: Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS), CERTIFICATION #842209, Institution: PESI UK
  • Integrative Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, Advanced Diploma 1 (NCPS Accredited) Passed with MERIT, Institution: College of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies, Regent’s University, London
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, Advanced Diploma (NCPS Accredited), Institution: College of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies, Regent’s University, London
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, Diploma (NCPS Accredited), Institution: College of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies, Regent’s University, London
  • Counselling Skills, Level 3 Diploma (NCFE Cache) 
  • Awareness Of Mental Health Problems, Level 2 Certificate (NCFE Cache) 

Find me on the NCPS Directory-

https://www.search-ncps.com/search/FindaTherapist/NCS23-02336

Qualifications - Additional:

For a complete list of my ongoing CPD training please see my website. A selection:

  • Healing Racial Trauma with IFS Therapy, PESI UK, 2026
  • Supporting Male Victims of Domestic Abuse (inc. GBTQ Men), KSCMP, 2025
  • Alternative Ways To Think About Sex Addiction, Mind Body Institute, 2025
  • Attachment In The Early Years (Level 2), Open University, 2025
  • Getting S.M.A.R.T., SMART Recovery, 2025 (Addiction)
  • Equality & Diversity In Counselling, Counselling Tutor, 2024
  • Treating Trauma With Internal Family Systems Therapy, PESI UK, 2024
  • Domestic Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence, KSCMP, 2024
  • Working Inclusively With The LGBTQ+ Community, Counselling Tutor, 2023
  • Supporting Autistic Transgender Youth Through Transition, PESI UK, 2023
  • Understanding Autism and ADHD, University of Derby, 2023
  • Working Inclusively With The LGBTQ+ Community, PESI UK, 2023
  • Defining Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity Therapy, Pink Therapy, 2023 
Experience and approach:

I work integratively, meaning I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches and adapt the work to the individual rather than applying a single model. My approach is relational, collaborative, and trauma-informed.

My practice is explicitly anti-pathologising. I do not view gender diversity, sexual diversity, neurodivergence, or difference itself as a disorder to be treated. Instead, therapy focuses on understanding your experiences within their personal, relational, and social contexts, including the impact of minority stress, stigma, and systemic barriers.

I support LGBTQIA+ clients experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, shame, relationship difficulties, attachment patterns, and the effects of rejection, invisibility, or invalidation. I also work with clients exploring gender, sexuality, relationship diversity, and identity at different stages of life.

Alongside LGBTQIA+ work, I have particular experience and specialist training in working with neurodivergent adults (including Autism and ADHD), and with addiction and compulsive behaviours. My practice is neurodivergence-affirming and non-pathologising.

Approaches:
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment theory (Psychodynamic)
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Eclectic
  • EMDR
  • Emotion-Focused Therapy
  • GSRD therapy
  • Integrative
  • Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)
  • Neurodivergent
  • Person-Centred
  • Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
  • Relational
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Walk and talk therapy
Marginalised groups:
  • Ace | Asexual
  • BDSM | Kink
  • Bi- | Pansexual
  • Consensual non-monogamy
  • Gay
  • Lesbian
  • Neurodivergent
  • Non-binary | Genderqueer
  • Queer
  • Questioning
  • Trans
Relationship styles:
  • One to one
Access:
  • No adaptation
Age ranges:
  • Adults
  • Seniors (60+)
  • Young adults (16-24)
Online status:
  • Online
  • In Person

My session fee is currently £75. The standard psychotherapy/counselling session lasts 50 minutes and repeats weekly at the same time every week. However, I can offer extended sessions of 75 or 100 minutes, or multiple sessions per week, if you feel that you would like to do more intensive work at any point in the therapeutic process.

I also offer a free 20 minute introductory consultation to see if you’d like to work with me.

Sovereign Way, Tonbridge, Kent TN9, United Kingdom
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Email: ckerrecoecounselling@gmail.com
Phone: 07947186066

Website:

https://craigkerrecoe.com
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