Nicola Spence, BACP
Nicola Spence is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief and depression.
About Nicola
Nicola Spence is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief and depression. She also supports people dealing with self-esteem, motivation, relationship difficulties and major life changes. Nicola works in a human-centred, compassion-focused way and avoids symptom lists and diagnostic labels.
She begins by asking what brought someone to therapy and listens to the story behind the presenting concerns. Nicola aims to build a shared understanding of how past experiences connect to current struggles.
Background and approach
That shared picture guides the priorities for work together. Sessions are collaborative. Nicola offers choices and helps clients plan the direction of therapy rather than imposing a set method.
She values honesty, warmth and steady presence in the room and treats each person as an individual with unique strengths and limits. Her clinical background includes a range of approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-informed work, cognitive behaviour techniques and elements from dialectical behaviour approaches.
Nicola draws on these methods as needed to address issues like trauma, addictions, parenting strain and chronic stress. Nicola is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. She has three years of professional experience and runs sessions in English.
If someone prefers to avoid diagnostic labels and wants a person-focused way of working, Nicola may be a good fit.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 407866 | May 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
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nicola lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. Nicola will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that suit the person's needs, and adapt the plan as work progresses. The process is about finding what fits rather than applying a single technique.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video lets people work face to face when bandwidth allows. Phone sessions need less data and can be picked for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text are useful for ongoing reflection between longer sessions or for people who prefer not to use video. These options make it easier to attend from different locations and fit therapy around work and family commitments.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Nicola support?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression, alongside relationship and life-change issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is human-centred and compassion focused, avoiding symptom lists and diagnostic labels while working collaboratively with clients.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has three years of professional experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns including trauma, addictions and career strain.
What credentials and location are listed?
Nicola is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, noted as BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with Nicola?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How do fees and getting started work?
Costs vary with location and a subscription model is used that can be cancelled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a session.
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