About Nicola
Nicola Heaps helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and loss. She also supports those coping with parenting pressures, life changes, trauma and abuse, and challenges such as low self‑esteem, anger or compassion fatigue. Nicola is a BACP member practising from the United Kingdom and speaks English.
Her approach is warm and straightforward. Sessions are shaped around what each person needs that week. She listens first, then offers simple, practical steps people can try between meetings.
How Nicola works
The aim is to make things feel more manageable over time. Nicola uses Client‑Centred Therapy to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. She also draws on Solution‑Focused Therapy to identify small, achievable changes that move someone towards their goals.
These methods suit issues like grief, relationship difficulties and coping with long‑term illness. With three years of experience, Nicola has supported people through bereavement, complex loss and life‑limiting illness. She describes her work as respectful and compassionate and adapts sessions to individual circumstances.
Meetings are intended to be practical and caring rather than overly clinical. When someone is ready to begin, Nicola asks a few questions to understand their situation and priorities. From there she and the person agree on a simple plan and how to measure progress.
The focus is on steady, realistic steps that can be used in everyday life.
Nicola lists 2 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
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult 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
Client‑Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist reflects what is said and helps the person find their own direction, which can be helpful for grief, low self‑esteem and relationship concerns.Solution‑Focused Therapy looks for small, practical changes that make a difference quickly. Sessions concentrate on goals and what already works, so people can try short experiments between meetings and notice progress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Nicola will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then agree a way forward. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to the person's needs rather than using a fixed method.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls let someone keep visual contact and read body language. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a shorter break. Live chat and text‑based messaging allow shorter check‑ins and written reflections across the week. These options make it easier to arrange sessions around work, care or travel commitments and to use the format that suits daily life best.
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