About Nicola
Nicola Willmott is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She offers a warm, person-centred way of working for people facing stress, anxiety, low mood and challenges with self-esteem. Nicola is affirmative toward neurodivergent identities and has a particular interest in adult ADHD and autism.
Her background includes posts with the NHS, a bereavement charity and independent practice. That range means she has supported people through loss, grief and long-term health concerns as well as everyday life stresses.
How Nicola works
Nicola draws on practical tools to help with motivation, confidence and managing anxious thoughts. Nicola uses an integrative approach and blends different methods to suit each person. She often uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to look at thinking patterns and Client-Centred techniques to build trust and understanding.
Attachment-based ideas and mindfulness also inform how she works with relationship concerns and emotional regulation. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the individual. Nicola aims to help people turn their strengths into practical steps.
Conversations focus on what is most pressing and what the person hopes to change. Her style is straightforward and compassionate. Nicola encourages small experiments between sessions and helps people notice what works.
The aim is clearer thinking, steadier moods and more confidence in everyday life.
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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
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- 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 Nicola's approaches work online
Nicola often uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice and adjust unhelpful thinking patterns. CBT is practical and task-focused, which can help with anxiety, low mood and motivation by teaching coping strategies and short experiments to try between sessions.She also uses Client-Centred Therapy, which centres the conversation on the person's experience and pace. This approach helps build trust and makes it easier to talk about sensitive issues such as relationship worries, grief or changes in self-esteem.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. Nicola listens to what matters most, discusses different options and adapts methods to match goals and preferences. This collaborative stance helps shape a plan that feels manageable and relevant.
Online sessions can be delivered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, giving practical flexibility. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and reading non-verbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a work break. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing or need brief, more frequent contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around daily life and maintain continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
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