Nicola Spence, BACP

Nicola Spence is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and a wide range of life changes. Nicola also works with concerns such as addictions, sleep and eating difficulties, parenting strain, and neurodiversity-related challenges. Her style is human-centred and compassion focused. Nicola avoids symptom checklists and diagnostic labels, preferring to understand each person as shaped by their life story. She encourages clients to notice their strengths and to use those strengths when finding ways forward. Therapy begins with a careful exploration of what brings someone into counselling. Nicola and the client create a shared picture of history and current difficulty. Together they look for connections between past experiences and present patterns, and set practical goals for change. Sessions aim to offer choice and collaboration. Nicola describes her role as empowering people to plan the direction of therapy rather than imposing solutions. She values the therapeutic relationship as central to any healing work. People who want a structured symptom-led or diagnostic approach may find Nicola's way does not suit them. For those who prefer a trauma-aware, person-focused conversation about their life and options, she offers a thoughtful and respectful space to begin that work.

How Nicola’s approaches translate to online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and take small, practical steps towards them while learning to accept difficult feelings when they arise. It can help with anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current patterns and helps people make different relational choices and connections. Client-Centred Therapy centres the person’s own experience, offering a non-judgemental space where the client leads the pace and topics of sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Nicola will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She discusses options together and adjusts the focus as progress and needs become clearer.

The original profile does not specify which online session formats are available, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people work with a therapist in the United Kingdom from their own locality without travelling to an in-person appointment. Registered or accredited professionals often adapt exercises, behavioural tasks and reflective work for an online setting so therapeutic goals remain practical and actionable.