About Nicola
Nicola Willoughby is a counsellor who helps people facing trauma, grief, parenting strains, career changes and other life transitions. She is a BACP member and has worked in counselling since 2020. Nicola aims to create a calm space where people can talk about hard things and start to find small, practical steps forward.
Nicola uses an integrative way of working. That means she adapts techniques to fit the person in front of her rather than using one fixed method.
Background and approach
Her background includes focused work on grief, domestic abuse, anxiety and emotional regulation, which informs how she plans sessions. She also has experience supporting people with attachment difficulties, communication problems and the stress that follows separation or divorce. Nicola has worked with people who struggle with eating and food-related issues, fertility and pregnancy concerns, and those coping with guilt or shame.
Nicola has supported people with panic disorder, phobias, social anxiety and the challenges of parenting children with neurodiverse profiles. She believes clients often hold answers to their problems and aims to help them spot strengths they may miss. Sessions combine listening with practical tools and reflection.
Nicola encourages gradual steps and checks in on progress. Her style is straightforward and warm, suited to people who want clear support and gentle challenge.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Nicola draws on an integrative counselling approach which means she blends different evidence-based techniques to suit each person. This can include structured strategies to manage anxious thoughts and calmer, reflective work to process loss or trauma.She also uses practical cognitive-behavioural techniques that focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavioural changes. These methods often help with panic, phobias and day-to-day anxiety by giving clear steps to try between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Nicola will discuss options with the client and adapt methods based on their goals, preferences and what seems to help. The choice is collaborative and reviewed as progress happens.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers flexibility. Video works well when visual cues help the conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler if bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who express themselves better in writing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and day-to-day life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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