About Nicola
Nicola Vernon is a counsellor who helps people manage anxiety and stress. She works with adults on issues such as depression, grief, relationships and addictions. Nicola uses straightforward, calm conversations to help people make small changes that feel manageable.
She offers a space where people can speak without judgement. Sessions move at the client's pace so they feel heard and understood. Nicola pays attention to how past experiences affect present feelings and reactions.
Background and approach
Her background includes 20 years of experience in counselling and bereavement work. She also has training in cognitive behavioural techniques and solution-focused approaches, which she uses alongside a client-centred way of working. Nicola has worked with people facing childhood trauma and loss, and she brings that experience into sessions when it is relevant.
Nicola adapts her style to each person's needs. Sometimes she focuses on practical steps to reduce symptoms. Other times she concentrates on exploring emotions and relationships.
The aim is to find useful ways forward that fit each person's life. She offers appointments in the evenings and at weekends to suit busy schedules. Sessions are available via phone, video calls, live chat or text messaging, so people can pick the format that works best for them.
Nicola is based in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Approaches that suit online counselling
Client-centred work focuses on being heard and understood. In online sessions this means the counsellor listens closely and follows the client's lead, helping people talk through feelings and life events in their own time. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and teaches practical techniques to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. It often includes simple exercises that can be practised between sessions.Finding the right approach is a joint process. The counsellor will discuss goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit the person's needs. Some people prefer a gentle listening-led style, others want structured steps they can act on; Nicola adapts to what feels most useful.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and more natural conversation. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for short updates, note-taking or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family and busy lives while keeping therapy consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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