About Nichola
Nichola Williams is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with six years of professional experience. She holds BACP accreditation and has supported people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. Nichola also works with issues relevant to LGBT clients and with people facing family conflict.
She believes clients are the experts in their own lives and that everyone has resources they can draw on. Sessions focus on hearing the person’s story and building practical steps forward.
Background and approach
Nichola aims to make first conversations straightforward and reassuring for someone who may be uncertain about therapy. Her work covers a wide range of related concerns, including attachment and abandonment worries, codependency, commitment difficulties, and problems that arise around blended family life. She also supports people living with chronic pain, long-term illness, or co-morbid conditions.
Nichola is experienced in talking through eating and food-related problems, dissociation, and challenges linked to autism and Asperger syndrome. In sessions she helps clients spot patterns that cause stress and tries to break them down into manageable tasks. The pace is set by the client and practical tools are offered alongside talking.
Nichola sees therapy as a collaborative process where goals are agreed together. She offers work by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging, and accepts international clients. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled according to her availability.
How therapeutic approaches work in online sessions
Many counsellors use evidence-based techniques to help with worry and relationship stress. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them against daily life. This helps people reduce intense worry and cope better with anxiety and stress. Another approach concentrates on relationships and attachment. It looks at how past experiences shape current reactions and helps people try new ways of relating when old patterns cause pain.Finding the right method is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about what feels most relevant and try different techniques when needed. This is a collaborative process - goals and methods are chosen together and adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, while phone sessions can fit a short break or be easier on low bandwidth. Live chat or messaging can be a good option for shorter check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel or family routines while keeping the focus on making steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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