Nicola Chaproniere
Calm, practical support for emotional recovery
About Nicola
Nicola Chaproniere is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She holds the NCPS credential, which is shown after her name as NCPS. Nicola aims to make it easier for people to begin talking about difficult things.
She helps people who have experienced trauma and abuse and those managing mood concerns such as bipolar disorder and depression. Nicola also supports people dealing with self-esteem and parenting challenges.
Background and approach
Her wider focus includes issues like attachment, abandonment, body image, domestic violence, and stress related to caregiving. Sessions are offered in a calm, non-judgemental way. Nicola works to create an open space where people can say what they think and feel without feeling criticised.
She encourages small steps and practical strategies that fit into everyday life. Nicola pays attention to how past experiences shape current feelings and relationships. She can help explore patterns such as jealousy, guilt, low self-love, and reactions linked to personality difficulties or narcissism.
Nicola also supports people coping with life events such as divorce, separation, or a cancer diagnosis. Taking that first step can feel hard, and Nicola acknowledges the courage it takes to ask for help. She aims to be steady and approachable while helping people find clearer ways to manage their concerns and move forward.
What Nicola works with
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and how online therapy fits in
Nicola uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding patterns and building coping skills. One approach helps people look at how past experiences shape current reactions and relationships, which can be useful for trauma, attachment and abandonment issues. Another approach emphasises practical coping strategies and mood management to help with depression and bipolar symptoms, using short exercises and straightforward tasks to support daily functioning.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Nicola will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs and how they prefer to work. She adapts techniques over time so the direction of therapy stays practical and relevant to the individual.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls let conversations feel more like an in-person session, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can suit short check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options help fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments while keeping the focus on useful, manageable steps.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
