Nicola Gordon-Thaxter
Therapist combining client-centred care and CBT
About Nicola
Nicola Gordon-Thaxter works from a client-centred approach and also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help people manage stress and relationship difficulties. She focuses on clear, practical conversations and aims to make the process feel straightforward for those seeking change. Nicola offers support for issues like anxiety, low mood, anger, grief and coping with life changes.
She has a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy credential. Nicola has four years of professional experience in counselling practice across a range of concerns.
Background and approach
She adapts sessions to each person, listening first before suggesting ways to move forward. Nicola helps people with parenting worries, intimacy-related issues and challenges that follow trauma or abuse. She also works with matters linked to adoption and foster care, antisocial personality issues, and experiences of prejudice or discrimination.
Sessions aim to make difficult topics easier to talk about. Her style is respectful and sensitive. Conversations are tailored so clients can set the pace and focus.
Practical tools and simple thinking exercises are offered when they suit the person. Nicola encourages anyone feeling stuck to take the first step. She supports people who want a more manageable day-to-day life, clearer relationships and better ways to cope with strong feelings.
What Nicola works with
How Nicola works
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Sessions & fees
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's experience. The counsellor listens closely and follows the person's lead, offering empathy and understanding. This approach helps when someone needs space to make sense of difficult feelings or decide what they want to change.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together. It uses practical exercises and simple strategies to reduce anxiety, low mood and unhelpful patterns. These techniques are easy to practise between sessions and can bring quicker relief for specific problems.
Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. The therapist will work with the person to identify goals, try methods that suit them and adjust the plan as needed. This collaborative style helps ensure the work fits the individual's needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for a fuller conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work between appointments.
| 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
