Nicola "Nicky" McCaffrey, BACP
Nicola "Nicky" McCaffrey is a counsellor who focuses on listening and supporting people through low mood and life changes.
About Nicola
Nicola "Nicky" McCaffrey is a counsellor who focuses on listening and supporting people through low mood and life changes. She offers a calm, non-judgemental approach and helps people find ways to manage stress, anxiety and depression. Nicky uses a mainly person-centred way of working to make sure people feel heard.
That means the sessions start with the client and what matters to them. She also uses ideas from cognitive behavioural therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical steps for change.
Background and approach
Sessions often involve talking through recent difficulties and noticing patterns that make things harder. Nicky will suggest simple coping tools and ways to test out new behaviours between meetings. She also helps people weigh up options when they face decisions about relationships, work or life direction.
Her background includes five years working in talking therapies and providing support to people in suicidal distress. She has experience with people who identify as neurodivergent and those in LGBT communities. This has shaped her awareness of different life experiences and the practical needs people bring to counselling.
Nicky holds BACP accreditation, which reflects her professional registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works with adults in the United Kingdom and runs sessions in English. If someone wants a straightforward, listening-led approach, she aims to make each session a place to think clearly and plan manageable next steps.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 399944 | March 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Nicola works with
Everything Nicola lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Nicola lists
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Online support
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact. Online sessions can be used to spot unhelpful thinking patterns, try simple experiments and set small practical tasks between meetings. CBT is helpful for problems such as anxiety, low mood and sleep issues.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicky will talk with the client about their needs, goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That discussion is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video calls work well for deeper conversations, phone sessions suit those who prefer no video, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging lets someone reflect in writing. These options help people fit counselling around work, caring duties or other commitments and make it easier to keep regular sessions.
Frequently asked
What sorts of concerns does Nicky help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem, plus issues like grief, sleeping difficulties, anger and career worries.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Nicky works mainly in a person-centred way and also uses cognitive behavioural therapy ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and try practical changes.
What clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working in talking therapies and has supported people in suicidal distress and those identifying as neurodivergent and LGBT.
Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
How are costs and the booking process handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time; to start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session.
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