Nicola Young
Gentle, practical counselling for lifes pressures
About Nicola
Nicola Young offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, life changes or low self-esteem. She works at a gentle pace and focuses on what a person wants to achieve. Nicola describes herself as approachable and non-judgemental, making it easier to talk about painful or difficult feelings.
She uses a person-centred way of working, which means sessions are guided by the client's concerns and goals rather than a set agenda.
Background and approach
Nicola also draws on existential ideas to help people find meaning and direction when life feels confusing. Where helpful she uses solution-focused techniques to identify small, achievable steps that move a person forward. Nichola has three years' experience as a practising counsellor in the United Kingdom.
Her background includes work for local counselling agencies, online services, and voluntary support at a mental health charity. Prior to counselling she spent many years in the music industry and often supports people navigating creative careers. Her formal training includes diplomas in therapeutic counselling at levels 4 and 5 from the Counselling & Psychotherapy in Colleges and Academies Board (CPCAB).
She is a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Additional training covers safeguarding, suicide awareness, mental health first aid and working with attachment, anger and shame. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Nicola encourages people to ask questions first and to choose the format that best fits their day-to-day life.
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. The counsellor offers acceptance and reflection so clients can clarify their own thoughts and feelings and decide what to change. This approach helps with anxiety, low self-esteem and feeling stuck.Existential Therapy invites people to look at meaning, choice and responsibility in their lives. It can be useful when someone is facing big life changes, questions of purpose, or feelings of emptiness. The work is about honest conversation and making decisions that fit a person's values.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, practical steps and on what is already working. Sessions often identify realistic goals and immediate actions to try between meetings, which can be useful for stress, coping with change and problem-solving.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Nicola will discuss preferences, goals and practical needs in early sessions and adapt methods so they fit the client's situation. The relationship is collaborative and the plan can change as progress is made.
Online sessions via video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging offer flexible ways to attend therapy. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation, phone sessions are often easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text messaging can suit shorter check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family or travel commitments.
| 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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
