About Nico
Nico Novell offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress or relationship strain. He works to make early sessions simple and direct so a worried person can explain what matters most. Nico writes plans with each person, focusing on things they can start doing between sessions.
He builds on 20 years of experience in the United Kingdom and holds registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Background and approach
He uses a client-centred way of working that keeps the person's goals at the centre. He also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat in life and relationships. Nico helps with a wide range of concerns, including addictions, grief, eating and body-image issues, and problems linked to family background.
He also supports people facing trauma and abuse, career stress, parenting strain and the emotional sides of health issues such as cancer. Sessions are offered in English, Spanish and Catalan, and international clients are accepted. Practical options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
People meet him to talk through painful feelings, understand repeated patterns, or get tools for coping day to day. He aims for clear, compassionate conversations and plans that match each person's life and priorities.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Nico uses client-centred therapy which means sessions focus on what the person wants to change. The counsellor listens carefully and helps people set practical goals and steps they can try between sessions. Psychodynamic therapy is also part of his work and looks at patterns that repeat over time, helping people understand where certain feelings and reactions come from.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Nico will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That conversation can change as therapy moves on, and he adapts the plan with the client as new priorities emerge.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video can support face-to-face style conversations, phone may be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging can suit brief check-ins or days when a shorter contact helps. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel and give flexibility in how and when people connect with a counsellor.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Catalan
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