About Nick
Nick Shepley is a counsellor with seven years of clinical experience based in the United Kingdom. He works with people who are facing addictions, anxiety, depression and struggles with self-esteem. He aims to create an open, non-judgemental space where people can talk honestly about what is troubling them.
He has particular experience supporting people with relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and family-related problems. His background includes work around eating and food-related issues, drug and alcohol addiction, and anger, so he often supports practical steps as well as emotional reflection.
How Nick works
Nick uses a blend of conversational and structured techniques. Sessions often involve looking at thought patterns, discussing motivation for change, and making small, manageable plans to move forward. He encourages people to notice strengths they already have and to build on them.
People come for different reasons - career strain, parenting stress, struggling with body image, or feeling empty and stuck. Nick adapts conversations to each person, focusing on what the individual wants to change and what feels achievable for them in day-to-day life. He accepts international clients and offers sessions in English.
Work typically happens through regular appointments that aim to make steady progress, whether the focus is short-term problem solving or exploring longer-standing issues. Nick describes his role as a collaborator who helps people find clearer ways through difficult times.
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What Nick works with
The areas below are the ones Nick selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Nick commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing in his work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing small behavioural changes to reduce anxiety, low mood or problematic habits. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational style that helps people find their own reasons for change and build the motivation needed to act, which can be useful for addictions and habit change.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review needs, goals and preferences and discuss which methods suit the situation. This is a collaborative decision and adjustments can be made as progress unfolds.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to make sessions more flexible. Video calls let conversations feel closer to face-to-face, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options help fit therapy around work, study or family life and make it easier to keep momentum over time.
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