Nicola (Nicki) Cartmill
A compassionate counsellor for life changes
About Nicola
Nicola (Nicki) Cartmill is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has five years of practice and aims to offer a calm, straightforward space where people can talk about what is worrying them and find ways forward. Nicki listens with warmth and pays attention to what matters to each person.
She invites clients to describe their experiences and worries in plain language. Sessions focus on understanding feelings, improving communication, and finding practical coping steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She also supports people coping with bereavement, trauma and life changes. Nicki can help with parenting worries, addiction concerns, ADHD-related challenges, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
Therapeutic approaches offered include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method. These approaches shape how she explores relationships, emotions and personal meaning together with each client. Nicki works with people across the United Kingdom and accepts international clients.
Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability. Her aim is to help people untangle difficult feelings and make choices that suit their values and life.
She keeps the work practical, compassionate and focused on what will help next.
What Nicola works with
How Nicola works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that suit online work and relationships
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current feelings and behaviours. It helps people understand patterns in relationships and build more supported ways of connecting. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own experience and pace. The counsellor offers non-judgemental listening and works with each person to find their own answers. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) explores core emotions and how they affect close relationships; it is useful for people wanting to improve communication and emotional connection.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through how each approach might fit the client’s goals, needs and preferences. That discussion is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls let people see facial cues and body language for in-depth conversations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is low or on-the-go check-ins are needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection and support between sessions. These options help make therapy more accessible around work, family life and travel while keeping the focus on practical steps and relationship work.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
