About Nigel
Nigel Jordan is a counsellor working in the United Kingdom with 16 years of practice. He brings a calm, respectful presence to conversations and focuses on helping people who feel stuck, anxious, or overwhelmed. Nigel uses straightforward language and aims to make sessions feel safe and understandable.
He concentrates on common problems such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, relationship struggles and the aftermath of trauma and abuse. He also pays attention to issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, adoption and foster care matters, and the practical strain on caregivers.
How Nigel works
Nigel draws on several therapeutic approaches to shape sessions to each person's needs. He uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. He uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours.
He also brings client-centred listening to create a respectful space where people feel heard. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps as well as emotional understanding. Nigel can help with communication problems, codependency, addiction concerns, chronic illness or pain, and the fallout from separation or domestic violence.
He aims to balance emotional work with skills people can use between sessions. Nigel works with people by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. He accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
For many people his approach offers structure alongside empathy, so they can make steady changes and feel more in control of daily life.
Nigel lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
What Nigel works with
The areas below are the ones Nigel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| 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
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relational patterns shape present feelings and reactions. In online sessions this work looks at recurring relationship patterns, safety in emotional connection and ways to build more supported ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test practical changes in behaviour. It is useful for managing anxiety, low mood and stress by breaking problems into small, doable steps. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises listening and acceptance so people can explore their experience at their own pace and find their own solutions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Nigel will discuss options and tailor the mix based on a person’s goals, preferences and life situation. He treats the process as collaborative and adjusts plans if something is not helping.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief updates or people who express themselves better in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel or caregiving duties while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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