About Nika
Nika Bowens is a therapist based in the United Kingdom with eight years of experience supporting people through difficult life moments. She offers calm, steady support for anxiety, stress, depression and grief. Nika also assists those facing relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, and major life changes.
Her approach is collaborative and down to earth. She listens to each person's story and helps name patterns that might be getting in the way.
How Nika works
Conversations are paced to suit the individual and focus on practical ways to test small changes between sessions. Nika draws on a mix of therapy styles to match what a person needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and handle difficult thoughts.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thinking and try different responses. Attachment-based ideas can help when past relationships still shape present reactions. She has experience supporting neurodivergent people, including those with ADHD and autism, and people living with long-term health conditions.
Nika has also worked with people from multicultural and international backgrounds and understands how moving between cultures can affect wellbeing. Practical goals are part of the work. Sessions often include simple strategies for sleep, coping, communication, and self-care.
The emphasis is on steady progress rather than quick fixes. Reaching out matters and Nika aims to make the process straightforward. She creates a respectful, non-judgemental space so people can explore what matters and take manageable steps forward.
Nika lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Nika works with
The areas below are the ones Nika selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- 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 | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapy approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions in line with those values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and life transitions where getting stuck on unhelpful thoughts is a problem.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It gives practical tools to test and change unhelpful thinking and routines, which can help with mood, sleep and anxiety.
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current ways of relating to others and to oneself. It can be helpful when past losses, abandonment or difficult family patterns still affect day-to-day reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss different methods and agree a plan that fits the person's goals and preferences. Decisions are made together and can change as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions suit deeper conversations and exercises that benefit from face-to-face time. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging work well for quick reflections, brief coaching and ongoing support between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and travel.
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