Jo Nicholl

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PG/DipPsy. MBACP
Available for new clients
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London, NW3 4EY
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

INDIVIDUAL and COUPLES COUNSELLING.

As a psychotherapist for 25 years and a specialist in Relationship Therapy and Couples Counselling. I know that talking to someone with expertise can help you feel less alone, less confused and better able to understand the issues you are struggling with. By working with me you will gain some really useful tools in order to communicate more effectively and help your relationship go forward.
At certain times everybody finds RELATIONSHIPS difficult and challenging - whether the relationship is intimate, family or work.

AS A COUPLE YOU MAY BE EXPERIENCING

  • Frequent fighting and arguments
  • Loneliness and Frustration in your relationship
  • The discovery of an affair; betrayal; loss of trust
  • sex is no longer enjoyable/frequent enough
  • strong tensions in a step-family
  • Separation/divorce seems like the only option.

AS AN INDIVIDUAL WANTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS:
These are some of the questions I can help you answer..

  • Why do we escalate so easily in arguing?
  • Why is being vulnerable in a relationship so difficult?
  • Does fighting mean the relationship is no good?
  • Is infrequent sex a sign the relationship is on the rocks?
  • Why is commitment so scary?

By seeking Couples Counselling/Relationship Therapy

  • resentments, hurts and breaks of trust can be healed
  • fights and arguments become less frequent
  • gain insight into patterns which can lead to better communication
  • Bring back intimacy and loving feelings

I work with COUPLES and INDIVIDUALS in SWISS COTTAGE, WEST KENSINGTON AND HARLEY ST; During an initial consultation we can discuss the issues that you want to look at and then decide how many session you may need and you can decide if I am the right therapist for you. I offer short and long-term therapy.

Training, qualifications & experience

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy (PG/Dip). The London School of Psychotherapy. UK.
  • Certificate: Marriage and Personal Counselling (Relate)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Creative Couples Counselling. The Centre for Gender Psychology. UK
  • Certificate:Somatic Trauma Therapy. The Cambridge Body Psychotherapy Centre. UK
  • Certificate: Understanding Trauma; Principles and Practice. The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, London. UK
  • Online Training with Esther Perel and Terrence Real

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).

Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).

Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.

Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.

All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.

Accredited register membership

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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).

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Fees

£90.00 - £130.00

Health Insurance/EAP

  • Aviva
  • Axa Health

Additional information

  • Online and In Person
  • Individuals: £90
  • Couples: £130

When I work

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night

Weekdays. 1pm - 7pm.

Further information

COUPLE COUNSELLING. RELATIONSHIP THERAPY

Common Signs Your Relationship Needs Support

  • Separation or divorce feels like the only option left open to you
  • Violent verbal or pysical outbursts
  • Problematic sex; which may mean none at all, or what you do is unsatisfactory for one, or both of you.
  • IF YOU:
  • Want More Intimacy
  • Have discovered an affair; a betrayal, or break of trust
  • Are Stuck in arguments and conflict
  • Want help being part of a step-family

WORKING WITH ME YOU CAN

  • Understand how power and vulnerability work in relationships in order that resentments and pain can be healed.
  • Learn better to manage your feelings, care for yourself and find out how to get your needs met.
  • Understand how old behaviour patterns get in the way of you achieving intimacy and for lvoe to start up again.

Couples Counselling helps you to understand each other by improving communication.It helps you express your feelings as well as your arguments; increasing the ability to regulate emotions when under stress. Hurt feelings, angry resentments and trust ebbing away can be healed as an understanding of your patterns of behaviour is developed. You can become untangled from each other without loosing intimate connections.


THE POWER OF TWO: ONE COUPLE, TWO THERAPISTS: Some couples may feel more comfortable and less intimidated working together with a Specialist Female and Male Team who can provide you with their emotional support, balance and understanding; in which case you can meet with myself and a male colleague, Please contact me for more information or click on Contact and Fees on my website.

9b Lancaster Drive, London, NW3 4EY

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Adults
Older Adults
Couples

Online platforms

Skype
Zoom