About Nichola
Nichola McDonald uses a humanistic, client-centred approach to help people cope with stress, anxiety and major life changes. She brings four years of practice and a focus on practical steps that fit each person’s life. Nichola is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English, including for international clients.
Her work concentrates on everyday pressures such as work strain, grief, low self-esteem and relationship problems.
How Nichola works
She also supports people managing trauma, addictions, bipolar mood challenges and chronic health concerns. Sessions address issues like parenting strain, body image, sleep and eating difficulties as well as communication and attachment concerns. Nichola blends talking therapy with grounded, body-aware techniques to help people feel more present and steady.
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to clarify patterns and set small, achievable changes. Attachment-based ideas inform how she looks at relationship and intimacy difficulties. Her style is warm and non-judgemental.
Nichola aims to build trust so clients can speak openly and try new ways of coping. She works collaboratively to shape goals and practical steps that suit daily routines. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, using a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.
Nichola lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Nichola works with
The areas below are the ones Nichola selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and make choices that match their values. It supports people dealing with anxiety, stress and life changes by encouraging small, value-led steps rather than trying to eliminate difficult feelings.Attachment-Based Therapy examines patterns in relationships and how early connections affect current trust and closeness. It is useful for people coping with intimacy problems, attachment issues and communication difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with each person about goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process means approaches can be adapted over time to what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy fit into a busy life. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well with lower bandwidth, live chat suits quick check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility so people can choose what best fits their routine and comfort.
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