About me
At Nicola -Therapy for Young Minds, I offer a calm and compassionate space where emotional difficulties can be explored at the child’s pace. I work with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, low mood, loss, trauma, relationship difficulties, family separation, self-harm, low self-esteem, school difficulties, bereavement and identity.
I work in a trauma-informed, relational way - drawing on psychoanalytic thinking, attachment theory, play-based approaches and the arts. Therapy offers a safe space for young people to explore difficult feelings, develop resilience, and build a stronger sense of self.
Alongside individual therapy, I offer support for families who are navigating the emotional needs of their child or teenager. Whether I work directly with a young person or collaboratively with parents, I believe in fostering curiosity, understanding, and emotional resilience.
Training, qualifications & experience
- UKCP and BACP registered Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
- Diploma in Child Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- MA in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) informed
- CBT Trauma informed
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 - £100.00
Further information
I work in Tring, Herts and Aylesbury, Bucks as well as online. I currently work form 2pm to 8pm Thursday and Friday.
