About Nicholas
Nicholas Mistiades Dunn uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help people manage anxiety and stress. He offers calm, steady support and focuses on what people can do now to feel better. Nicholas has worked in counselling, supervision and training for 25 years and brings that breadth of experience to sessions.
He keeps sessions simple and direct. People talk about what is troubling them. He helps them untangle thoughts and find realistic steps to reduce worry and cope with life changes.
Background and approach
The aim is to build small skills that make day-to-day life easier. Nicholas draws on a range of evidence-based techniques to address relationship strain, grief, addiction issues and self-esteem concerns. He also helps with trauma and abuse, intimacy-related difficulties, eating concerns and anger.
He supports people navigating complex situations such as adoption and foster care, chronic illness, caregiving stress and attachment issues. Clients can expect a respectful, non-judgemental space. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Nicholas encourages practical plans between meetings so progress can be noticed outside the session. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, NCPS. Nicholas works from the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English.
Online and phone options are available.
Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options
Two common evidence-based approaches Nicholas uses involve practical skills building and structured problem solving. Skills building focuses on teaching clear techniques to manage worry, mood and strong emotions so daily life feels more manageable. Structured problem solving helps people break down stressful situations into small, doable steps and test what actually works.Another helpful way he uses evidence-based practice is through gradual exposure to feared situations or thoughts. This is done carefully and at a pace that suits the person, helping reduce avoidance and rebuild confidence in facing challenges such as anxiety or intimacy-related issues.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, what has helped or not helped before, and preferences for how to work. That conversation shapes a plan that can change as progress is made.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a busy day or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, care commitments and daily routines while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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