About Nicola
Nicola Longson is a counsellor who uses a person-centred approach to support people facing anxiety and stress. She works in the United Kingdom and brings five years of professional experience to sessions. Nicola aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where people can talk about what matters to them.
She focuses on practical problems such as managing worry, coping with change, and dealing with low mood. Nicola also helps people address issues tied to relationships, family strain, sleep problems and grief.
Background and approach
Other areas she covers include trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, career pressures and neurodiversity concerns such as autism and ADHD. Nicola adapts her work to each person. She uses client-centred methods to follow the client’s lead and build trust.
She also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and on trauma-focused methods to support people processing painful experiences. Sessions are conversational and straightforward. Nicola aims to break problems down into manageable steps and to work out clear, realistic goals together.
She treats everyone with sensitivity and respect while encouraging practical coping strategies. Her approach suits people who want calm, steady support and tools they can use day to day. Nicola explains professional options in plain language and helps people choose which steps to try next.
How Nicola’s approaches work online
Client-centred therapy focuses on the person’s experience and on building trust. The counsellor listens closely and follows the client’s lead, helping people talk through what matters most and decide what to try next. This approach is useful for anxiety, low mood and relational concerns.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behaviour that keep problems going. Nicola uses simple exercises to spot unhelpful thoughts and to test new ways of thinking and acting. This is often helpful for worry, sleep issues and managing stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicola will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels helpful. She aims to agree on a plan together and to adjust methods as progress is made.
Online formats offer flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions reduce the need for strong internet or being on camera, live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments and daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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