About me
Hi, I’m Nicola, a qualified integrative counsellor dedicated to supporting people through life’s challenges — whether you’re experiencing anxiety, stress, grief, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, or simply feeling stuck. I offer a safe, non-judgemental space where you can feel heard, understood and accepted without fear of judgement.
I have a particular interest in supporting people with relationship difficulties and the emotional challenges that can come with them. This may include communication problems, difficulties setting boundaries, trust issues, relationship breakdown, attachment patterns, people-pleasing, or feeling unsure of what you need from a relationship. Relationships can have a significant impact on our emotional wellbeing, and sometimes we can find ourselves repeating patterns or struggling to understand why certain situations affect us so deeply.
My approach is person-centred and collaborative, meaning that I will work alongside you to understand your individual experiences, needs and goals. Using an integrative approach, I can draw on different counselling modalities, including CBT and person-centred therapy, and tailor our sessions to what feels most helpful for you.
I understand personally how important it can be to have someone who truly listens. Going through a cancer diagnosis as a mother made me feel scared and anxious about the future, and at times I felt that nobody really understood what I was experiencing. Counselling gave me a space where I felt genuinely heard without being given advice or opinions. I felt validated, and that experience has shaped the kind of counsellor I want to be for my clients.
Whether you’re struggling with a relationship, going through a difficult period in your life, or simply feel that something needs to change, you don’t have to work through it alone. I’m here to offer you a supportive space to explore what you’re experiencing, develop greater self-awareness and work towards feeling more confident and in control of your life.
I offer online sessions at £45 and face-to-face sessions at £50 at Wellbeing Rooms, Stepps. I will always do my best to be flexible where I can, and each session will be tailored to suit your individual needs.
Training, qualifications & experience
- HND in counselling
- HNC counselling
- HNC social care
- Palliative care
- Suicide and self harm
- Working with addictions
- Working with guilt
- Skill of rapport
- Assessing risk
- Trauma informed interventions
- Safeguarding children and young people
- psycho education
- challenging behaviours
- grief and loss
Member organisations
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
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I have worked in care for almost 16 years. I work alongside patients who have dementia. This can include palliative care, challenging behaviours, risk assessing and many more.
I have also been a peer support worker for breastfeeding mothers with the BFN.
I also have first hand experience in managing a child with ASD and a personal experience of dealing with a cancer diagnosis.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£45.00 per session
Additional information
Online services for £45 and face to face £50. I offer 9-5 Monday to Friday for face to face and later times for online appointments
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Further information
I work online via video calls and face to face in wellbeing rooms, stepps.
I understand how it can feel awkward and uncomfortable when you reach out for counselling, (I have had my own counselling journey) but I have built excellent therapeutic relationships with my clients and have had great feedback from them. I am not here to judge or offer advice, simply to listen and gain an understanding of what’s going on and work together to get to a better place to allow the client to feel happier within their life.
