Nicola Longson
Person-focused therapy with practical tools
About Nicola
Nicola Longson offers a warm, person-focused way of working that puts the client at the centre. She combines a caring, respectful approach with practical tools to help people face stress, anxiety and relationship strains. Nicola holds BACP accreditation and has five years of professional experience in the UK.
She uses clear, straightforward conversation to map what feels difficult right now. Sessions aim to make problems easier to understand and more manageable.
Background and approach
Nicola adapts the pace and techniques to each person, so therapy fits everyday life and practical needs. Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, grief and loss, low self-esteem and anger. She also supports people dealing with family issues, parenting strains, sleep problems and major life changes.
Nicola draws on methods that target unhelpful thinking, build present-moment awareness, and focus on the person’s own goals. Clients benefit from a mix of listening and active strategies. Conversations may include identifying patterns, practising new responses, and learning simple mindfulness skills to reduce stress.
Nicola explains steps clearly and checks in about what is helpful as therapy progresses. She also offers coaching-style support for career choices and practical decision-making. The emphasis is on small, sustainable changes that fit into real life.
Nicola aims to empower people to notice progress and build on it between sessions.
What Nicola works with
How Nicola works
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Listed by Nicola among the ways they work.
Listed by Nicola among the ways they work.
Listed by Nicola among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
Practical approaches for online therapy
Nicola often uses Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on understanding each person’s experience and responding with empathy and respect. This approach helps people feel heard and allows sessions to be shaped around their priorities.She also applies Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a hands-on method that identifies unhelpful thinking and teaches practical skills for changing thoughts and behaviours. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems and managing mood swings.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Nicola will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs, then suggest ways of working together. She checks in regularly and adjusts methods so therapy stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions are often simpler and need less bandwidth, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging can help when a written check-in feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy routine and to keep momentum between sessions.
| 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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
