About Nicole
Nicole Barry is a counsellor with five years of practice and a BACP credential. She focuses on helping people feel heard and make steady progress. She aims to support clients so they leave therapy feeling better able to cope and move forward.
Nicole offers tailored care and matches the pace of sessions to each person. She listens without judgement and prioritises practical steps that suit everyday life. Regular messaging check-ins are available alongside scheduled sessions.
How Nicole works
Her practice covers a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family problems, self-esteem, grief, and coping with life changes. She also addresses addictions, eating and sleeping issues, anger, career concerns, and ADHD. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, body image and chronic pain, among others.
Nicole uses approaches drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. She adapts these methods to match what each person needs, aiming for practical tools and clearer understanding rather than technical jargon. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
Nicole supports international clients and works across different time arrangements to fit busy lives. Her style is warm, steady and collaborative, with an emphasis on building skills people can use after therapy ends.
Nicole lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Nicole works with
The areas below are the ones Nicole selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- 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
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- 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 | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and take small steps towards them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, stress and life changes by building flexible action rather than chasing complete symptom removal.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and emotional responses. It can help people who struggle with trust, closeness or repeated relationship difficulties to make different choices and feel more supported over time.
Finding the right approach happens together. Nicole will talk through goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then adjust the methods as the work progresses. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so they fit the person and the issue being addressed.
Online work is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth matters, and messaging or text sessions suit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make counselling easier to fit around work, family and daily life while keeping the focus on progress and practical skills.
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