About Nicky
Nicky Young is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She holds BACP membership, and aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable. Her style is calm and patient, and she encourages people to talk at their own pace.
Nicky focuses on everyday pressures like stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. She also supports people facing career uncertainty, major life changes and grief.
How Nicky works
Clients often seek help for relationship strains, issues with intimacy, sleep problems, anger and coping with past trauma. Her work is grounded in straightforward conversation. Sessions focus on what is happening now and what practical steps might help.
She uses mindfulness techniques to help calm busy thoughts and solution-focused ideas to set clear, achievable goals. Nicky aims to make sessions feel non-judgemental and respectful. She listens fully and reflects back what she hears, helping people notice patterns and consider new choices.
This can include simple tools for coping, strategies to rebuild confidence, and ways to manage difficult emotions. People come to Nicky for help with addictions, workplace pressures, compassion fatigue and midlife concerns. She also offers support around fertility difficulties, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose and women’s issues.
Her approach is practical and collaborative, inviting clients to shape the work together.
Nicky lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Nicky works with
The areas below are the ones Nicky selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How these approaches work online
Nicky uses client-centred work to put the person’s concerns at the heart of each session. This means the counsellor listens carefully, follows the client’s lead and helps clarify what matters most. It suits people who need space to talk and be heard without pressure.She also draws on mindfulness techniques to help calm overwhelming thoughts and bodily tension. Simple breathing exercises and present-moment awareness are offered to reduce rumination and improve sleep and mood. These tools can feel practical and easy to use between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy itself. Nicky will discuss options with each person and try different ways of working to see what fits best. Decisions are made together, based on needs, goals and preferences, and adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and guided exercises, phone calls suit shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can support quicker reflections or ongoing contact. These formats give practical flexibility while keeping the focus on progress and achievable steps.
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