About Nicola
Nicola Flanagan is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with a Bachelor-level accreditation from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She draws on four years of professional experience helping people facing anxiety, stress and changes in mood. She is calm and straightforward in sessions and focuses on building a trusting therapeutic relationship.
Nicola works with people who are coping with grief, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties and life transitions.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with work‑related strain, compassion fatigue and issues linked to identity. Her approach is person-focused and adapts to what each person needs in the moment. Sessions are shaped around practical conversation and reflection.
She uses elements from attachment-based and client-centred thinking to explore patterns in relationships. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used where useful to break down anxious thinking and try small experiments between sessions. Nicola aims to make therapy clear and manageable.
She will help set realistic goals and check progress together. Many people appreciate a mix of short-term practical work and deeper exploration of life meaning and patterns. She offers a range of online formats so people can choose what fits their routine.
Sessions are scheduled according to availability and the practicalities of video, phone, chat or messaging work.
How Nicola’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment‑based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early connections shape current worries. Online sessions use conversation to notice these patterns and consider new ways of relating to others and oneself.Client‑centred counselling puts the person’s experience front and centre and relies on careful listening and reflection. In an online setting this means the counsellor follows the client’s lead, asks open questions and helps clarify feelings and goals.
Cognitive behavioural techniques break problems into thoughts, feelings and actions and test new behaviours. Via video or phone Nicola can guide simple exercises and set small practical tasks to try between sessions to reduce anxiety and build confidence.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicola will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and then try methods that feel most useful. That choice happens together and can change over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls suit deeper conversations where tone and body language matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging support brief check‑ins, written reflection and ongoing encouragement between calls.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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