Lucy Nicolaysen, BACP

Lucy Nicolaysen is a counsellor who focuses on building a trusting relationship to help people move forward. She uses conversation to help people name what is distressing them. That honest work often brings relief and a clearer sense of direction.

Sessions give space to talk through feelings and past events. Speaking in depth can bring new understanding and help reduce the sense of being stuck. Over time people often notice their relationship with themselves shifting.

Lucy has six years of experience working with issues such as relationship problems, family conflict, trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression. She also supports people facing stress, grief, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties, and intimacy-related concerns. Other areas she addresses include ADHD, body image, chronic illness, and caregiver stress.

Her practice draws on approaches like attachment-based work, client-centred ways of relating, cognitive behavioural techniques and trauma-focused therapy. These methods are used to help people explore patterns, change unhelpful thinking, and process painful memories.

Lucy is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She works from the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. If you want to start, use the platform's Start Therapy button and follow the short matching questionnaire to schedule a session.

Background and approach: In sessions Lucy pays attention to how relationships shape feelings and behaviour. She aims to be warm and present while helping people uncover patterns that have caused distress. Practical tools and gentle exploration are combined so clients can practice new ways of coping between meetings. The pace is set by the person attending, and goals are agreed together as therapy proceeds.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape how people feel and behave now. In therapy this can help people understand patterns in close relationships and why certain situations trigger strong emotions. Client-centred counselling focuses on being listened to and accepted. The counsellor follows the person's lead, reflecting feelings and helping someone find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, explores links between thoughts, feelings and actions and gives simple strategies to shift unhelpful thinking and behaviours.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The counsellor will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit your needs and goals. That may mean trying a mix of approaches and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

The profile does not list which online formats are used, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time, allowing a shorter check-in during a lunch break, or letting someone choose a session style that suits their day. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt techniques for remote sessions so practical tools and emotional processing can still be part of the work.