Nicola Dunkley

I am a BACP accredited counsellor and NCS accredited supervisor, working with adults and young people in private practice. My initial training nearly 25 years ago was as a co-counsellor and I then completed a Diploma in Counselling in 2007 at Coleg Sir Gâr, a BACP accredited training in a humanistic, person-centred, integrative approach.  Between 2005 and 2023 I was an active bereavement support volunteer for Cruse Bereavement Care, also supervising and training new volunteers.  Between 2006 and 2019 I worked for UWTSD as  student counsellor on the Lampeter campus.  Between 2009 and 2022 I worked as a school counsellor at the Welsh speaking Ysgol Penweddig.  

We all of us have problems and difficulties in life. The way these affect us can be to do with how we see ourselves in relation to those problems, the meaning we take from it. Talking to a non-judgmental person in a safe, confidential space outside of everyday life can be an effective way to see things more clearly, gain a different perspective and work out what options you have. As a counsellor, I try not to give advice, but rather to help you find your own solutions. I am happy to listen to you talk about anything at all that may be troubling you. My expertise is not in knowing the answer to your problem, but in listening and being interested, trying to understand what is going on for you.... and this may enable you to understand your situation more clearly, understand the patterns of behaviour or thinking you may be using and see what choices are open to you.

You may talk about anything you wish to. Sometimes people want to talk through a decision they have to make. Sometimes they are worried about their mood, feeling unhappy, angry, low, depressed, anxious, stressed, frightened, stuck, de-motivated, suicidal, lost, bereft, disgusted or ashamed: wanting a way out of these difficult emotions. There may have been a great loss or change that feels hard to cope with. There may be aspects of yourself that you do not understand, wish to change or with which you wish to be at peace.

The list below of 'areas of counselling I deal with' is not meant to indicate expertise in all of these areas, but rather what people have most often chosen to talk about with me.

I consider myself to be a 'general' counsellor, able to work with people bringing a huge range of problems and life histories.

Nevertheless, I have spent most of my career working with young people aged 10 - 25; also working with the bereaved of all ages, which means I can definitely work with loss of all kinds, death and dying.

I have trained with StopSO, which gives me the skills to work with those at risk of sex offending, particularly where the offending is looking at illegal images online.  I am only interested in working with people who want to stop their offending behaviours.  I have specialist supervision for this work.

Counselling: I charge £50 per session (50-60 minutes)
Concessions are available.

StopSO clients £55 per session (apologies for extra cost, but I have to pay for specialist supervision).

Supervision of Counsellors: £55 per hour

I have a face to face 'in the room' practice.  I work online using Zoom (usually).  I can work by phone and I also offer 'walk and talk'.