About Nicola
Nicola Longson uses a client-centred way of working to help people make change. She combines empathetic listening with practical steps. Nicola aims to create a space where people can talk frankly about stress, anxiety, family issues, trauma, anger and low mood.
She explains what matters to the person first, then shapes sessions around those priorities. Conversation is direct and warm. Therapy can include simple thinking tools, mindfulness exercises, and trauma-focused techniques when relevant.
How Nicola works
Nicola has five years of experience supporting people through grief, relationship difficulties, parenting strain and career uncertainty. She also works with those managing bipolar, ADHD and sleep problems. Her additional focus areas include attachment concerns, body image, codependency and separation issues.
Sessions are collaborative. Nicola helps clients set clear goals and practises skills together in session. She uses short exercises and reflections so people can try things between meetings and review what works.
People describe her approach as respectful and sensitive, with an emphasis on realistic steps forward. Nicola tailors the pace and methods to each person’s needs. She supports people who want practical coping strategies as well as those seeking deeper emotional work.
Therapy is offered in English and is delivered online by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Nicola works with adults in the United Kingdom and follows the standards of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
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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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches fit with online sessions
Nicola often works from a client-centred perspective where the person’s priorities set the agenda. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting and helping people find their own solutions, which can be particularly useful when exploring family strain, grief or relationship concerns.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviours. CBT gives straightforward tools for anxiety, low mood, anger and sleep issues that can be practised between online meetings.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Nicola discusses goals, preferences and practical needs in the first sessions and adapts methods as the work progresses. Decisions about pace and techniques are made collaboratively so people feel involved in their care.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing coaching-style contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and other commitments while keeping the focus on making meaningful progress.
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