About Nicola
Nicola Young is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, bereavement and life changes. She is a BACP member and frames sessions around the goals each person brings. Nicola aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared at a comfortable pace.
She follows a client-centred way of working, which means conversations focus on the person's experience and priorities.
How Nicola works
Nicola also draws on existential ideas to look at meaning and choices, and uses solution-focused techniques to set practical steps between sessions. The mix is adapted to what a person wants to achieve. Nicola has three years' counselling experience across independent practice, local agencies and online services.
She also supports people through a local mental health charity and brings wider life experience from a background in the music industry and creative work. This combination informs how she understands pressures linked to creative careers and everyday stresses. Her training includes diplomas in psychotherapeutic and therapeutic counselling from CPCAB and a BA (Hons) in Music.
Additional professional development covers safeguarding, suicide awareness, mental health first aid, attachment work, anger and shame, self-esteem and online counselling. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Nicola encourages questions up front and works collaboratively to plan sessions that fit each person's circumstances and aims.
Nicola lists 3 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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- 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
Therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Nicola uses client-centred work which focuses on the person's experience and what they want from counselling. This approach helps when someone needs understanding, a steady listening space and support to make their own decisions.She also draws on solution-focused therapy, which looks for small, practical steps that bring change. This method is useful for people who want clear next actions between sessions and short-term progress.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Nicola will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and then agree the way of working together. That collaborative conversation helps shape the mix of listening, reflection and action she uses.
Online sessions can be arranged by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversational experience and visual cues, while phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, text-based reflection or times when writing feels easier than speaking. These options offer flexibility so people can choose what best fits their routines and comfort.
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