About Nigel
Nigel Skinner is a counsellor who focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem and coping with life changes. He offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about what feels hard. Nigel aims to help clients find clarity and practical steps to feel steadier day to day.
Nigel uses straightforward, conversational work rather than jargon. Sessions often involve talking through what is happening, noticing patterns, and trying small changes that can make a difference.
Background and approach
He combines listening with practical tools so people leave with something they can use between sessions. His background includes a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Honours) and a Master of Science in Counselling and Psychotherapy. He also brings over 35 years of experience in people management and psychology-based coaching, which informs his practical approach.
Nigel has been counselling in clinical settings for three years and has completed more than 500 hours of supervised clinical counselling. He has worked with adults and has experience supporting high school students and university students in a mentoring role. Sessions are offered in English and take place online using video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Nigel records professional registrations as BACP and NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom. If someone prefers direct, down-to-earth support with clear steps, Nigel aims to be a steady presence through the process.
Approach and online therapy options
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values; it can help when anxiety or avoidance gets in the way of everyday life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns that keep stress and low mood going.Nigel works collaboratively to find the right approach. He will talk with clients about goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit the person's needs. Finding the best fit is an ongoing process, and adjustments are made as work progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people work face to face from different locations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and brief check-ins or ongoing support can be done by live chat or text. These options help people fit therapy around work, study or family commitments and make regular contact more achievable.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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