- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Nicola
Nicola Spence is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people facing relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, addiction and life changes. Nicola works in a human-centred, compassion-focused way and does not rely on diagnostic labels or symptom lists.
She begins by listening closely to what brings someone to therapy and by building a shared understanding of their life story.
Background and approach
Nicola uses that shared picture to make connections between past experiences and current difficulties. Sessions focus on practical steps and choices the client can try between meetings. Her practice draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas and client-centred principles.
Nicola also uses elements from cognitive behavioural and dialectical behaviour approaches when they fit a person’s needs. She aims to match techniques to each person rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. Nicola is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and has three years of professional experience.
Sessions are offered in English and she does not work with international clients. Work can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Nicola expects clients to play an active role in planning goals and choosing which methods to try.
She welcomes people who want a respectful, down-to-earth space to talk and make changes.
What Nicola works with
Everything Nicola lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nicola helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nicola lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches that shape online sessions
Nicola draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and make values-based choices despite them; it can help with anxiety, low mood and motivation. Attachment-based therapy looks at how past relationships shape current reactions and patterns, helping people understand connection and closeness in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Nicola discusses goals and preferences in early sessions and adapts methods to suit each person. She aims to agree a plan collaboratively so the tools tried in sessions match what the client wants to change or understand.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video calls let people read facial cues and hold a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing to speaking or who need flexible, on-the-go support. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists use these formats widely to increase access and convenience for clients.
Questions people ask about Nicola
What concerns does Nicola help with?
Nicola supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also works with issues such as parenting, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep and eating difficulties, and career or life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is human-centred and compassion-focused. Sessions are collaborative and practical, with a focus on choices and steps clients can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Nicola has three years of professional work experience in counselling and psychotherapy settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can take place by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Nicola?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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