About Nicola
Nicola Biggs offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief or life changes. She makes space for individual concerns like self-esteem, parenting pressures, eating difficulties, addictions and workplace stress. Nicola is clear and direct in her approach and aims to help people feel steadier and more able to cope.
Nicola trained as an Integrative Psychotherapist and uses a person-centred core to guide sessions. That means the person sets the pace and focus while Nicola listens and reflects back what matters most.
How Nicola works
She blends mind-body awareness, short-term goal work and deeper exploration to match what each person needs. Early roles include work in a local grammar school and with Bucks Mind before moving into independent practice. Those settings gave Nicola hands-on experience with a wide range of day-to-day difficulties and practical coping strategies.
Sessions tend to focus on what is useful now while also noticing how past experiences affect current patterns. Techniques include mindfulness to reduce overwhelm, solution-focused steps to make immediate changes, and trauma-informed work when difficult memories are present. Nicola holds the NCPS credential and has six years' experience.
She provides therapy in English, and accepts international clients. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
Nicola lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Nicola works with
The areas below are the ones Nicola selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Nicola's approaches work online
Nicola often draws on client-centred therapy to keep sessions focused on what the person wants to work on. This approach involves listening deeply and following the individual’s lead so goals and pace feel manageable. It is helpful for people who need space to make sense of feelings and decide next steps.She also uses mindfulness techniques to help reduce anxiety and improve concentration. Mindfulness involves simple attention practices and grounding exercises that can be taught and practised during a session and between appointments. For people affected by past hurt, trauma-focused therapy is used to help identify and process distressing memories in a careful way that aims to reduce their impact on daily life.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Nicola will discuss options, try different ways of working, and adapt based on a person's needs, goals and preferences. That might mean shorter, solution-focused tasks some weeks and deeper reflective work in others.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face contact, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people work flexibly across the week. These formats help fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments, while keeping the focus on practical steps and emotional understanding.
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