Nicoletta Babbs

What I can help with

I specialise in working with individuals who grapple with anxiety, suppressed anger and grief to regain their confidence and strength. I have particular experience in working with young people and adults feeling stuck or facing a lot of change or going through major transitions in life. Some of life's challenges my clients benefit from my help are: divorce, redundancy, retirement, major illness, post-natal depression, going into work, starting new school or university, starting a family, challenges in accepting cultural differences, expression and communication difficulties, and other anxieties.

I have supported clients with relationship hardships involving loss of trust, grief, anger, stress and depression, work-related issues such as burn out and bullying, physical, emotional and sexual abuse, the challenges faced by anyone who cares for a family member or a friend who is physically or psychologically in need of support, feelings related to history of adoption, losing a relative or a friend to suicide and many more.

I offer a wide range of Counselling in the following areas: Abuse, Addiction, History of Adoption, Affairs and Betrayals, Alcoholism, Anger Management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Bullying, Child Counselling, Depression, Drug Addiction, Eating Disorders, Emotional Abuse, Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Low Self-Confidence, Low Self-Esteem, Physical Abuse, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Post-natal Depression, Relationship Problems, Sexual Abuse, Stress, Trauma, Work-related Stress.

About Me

I am a warm, sensitive and supportive counsellor with over 20 years of experience. I offer individual counselling for adults of all ages and work within easy reach of Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud and Cirencester. 

People often see me as an easily trusted, caring and compassionate person. I currently work in my private practice but have a considerable experience working with adults and young people in agency settings and EAPs. 

I see clients both face to face and online. 

I am passionate about the the value of creating a safe space for deep, real and honest conversations where you can feel heard, understood and free to express feelings and explore problems from different perspectives. 

I believe that emotional pain is often rooted in a relationship (at least an insecure and uncaring aspect of it) or major life changing events but it is only through a positive relational experience that our emotional wounds can be truly healed.

Before I trained as a counsellor, I worked in the business world. 

I also have experience of living and working in different cultures. 

I speak fluent Bulgarian and have working knowledge of Italian and Russian.

My Approach

In my trauma-informed practice, I work in a number of different ways depending on what is required and what best suits you. I recognise each of my clients as a unique person with individual feelings and needs. I make sure that you are in control of the healing process by helping you set, review and achieve your own goals and offering you a number of choices. 

Alongside with helping you to better manage your conscious emotions, I have significant experience of working with the Subconscious Mind through Block Clearance Therapy (BCT). This modality helps identify  and re-program deep-seated subconscious patterns in our behaviours, feelings and experiences, some of which may have been useful in the past but have become redundant for our present circumstances. BCT facilitates our understanding of how these patterns were formed by going to the very root of the issue. It helps release suppressed feelings and self-destructive belief systems. Then, we re-pattern our subconscious mind with affirmations to release new, expansive ways of thinking, using our abilities and playing life to our strengths.

My main aim is to help you achieve deeper understanding and compassion to yourself, confidence and self-acceptance so that you are able to find the solutions you seek, make the best decisions you need and create a better quality of life for yourself.

Therapies offered include: Block Clearance Therapy, Person-centred Therapy, Psychodynamic and Integrative.

Training and Qualifications

I hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling from the Bath Centre of Counselling and Psychotherapy. I am a member of BACP and hold a Diploma in Block Clearance Therapy – a unique approach which specialises in recognising, releasing and re-patterning maladaptive sub-conscious patterns.

I regularly attend a wide range of training courses (at least 4 a year) for my continual professional development, which allow me to gain new insights into my clients inner worlds and develop deeper compassion for the challenges they face. 

Next Steps 

The first session is a non-obligation-to-continue meeting to allow us to get to know each other other: for you to get a sense of who I am and how I work and for me to discern if I am the right counsellor for you. If we both wish to continue, we would meet regularly, usually weekly, at mutually convenient time.

I offer both short term counselling (1-6 sessions to focus perhaps on a specific topic) or for a longer term (up to or over a year, which allows us to explore more feelings and aspects of life). The length of Counselling is arranged according to each individual needs and can incorporate long-term face to face, online therapy or short-term sessions.

Both day time and evening appointments are available. To book our first meeting, please call 07970 120 430 or e-mail nicoletta.babbs88@gmail.com. If I cannot take your call in person, please, leave a message and I will contact you as soon as possible between 9am and 9pm Mondays to Thursdays and 9am and 5pm on Fridays (except bank holidays).

I also offer Block Clearance Therapy

I offer a one hour initial discussion session of 60 minutes which costs £65. It is a no-obligation-to-continue session and you do not have to make a commitment to see me for further sessions there and then. Many people take time to consider carefully their choice of counsellor.

Every subsequent session is 60 minutes long. Daytime (9:00am -4:00 pm) sessions cost £55 and evening sessions cost £60.

Some concessionary rates are available, if needed. Please ask.

Fees are payable at the end of each session in cash or by cheque.

I work Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm and occasionally on Saturdays. Please, get in touch to check availability.

I will try to reply to your phone call or e-mail as soon as I can between 9 am and 9 pm Mondays to Thursdays and 9am to 5 pm on Fridays (except bank holidays).