Lucy Nicholas

Lucy Nicholas is a BACP counsellor with eight years' experience. She aims to make it easier to find a counsellor who listens without judgement and helps people feel heard. Her manner is warm and calm, which many clients have found useful when building a trusting working relationship.

She trained in psychology and holds a first-class honours degree in counselling. Lucy practises in an integrative way, drawing on different counselling methods to suit each person. She has worked for counselling charities, in schools and in private practice, and she has six years' experience delivering support by video and telephone.

Lucy describes the person in the room as the expert on their own life. Her role is to offer techniques and practical ways to manage stress, anxiety, grief and low self esteem. She also supports people with relationship concerns, trauma and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting stresses, anger and career worries.

There is also a focus on women's issues, guilt and shame, self-love and compassion fatigue. Lucy works with clients affected by ADHD and helps with coping through major life changes.

Sessions are conducted in English, and she accepts international clients. The first steps are simple: select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

How Lucy adapts counselling approaches for online work

Lucy often combines client-centred work with cognitive behavioural and solution-focused techniques when working online. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and empathy so people can make sense of their own experience and feel heard. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and helps with practical skills for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, achievable steps and on using a person's strengths to move forward.

Finding the right approach is part of the journey. Lucy will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person's goals and preferences. That conversation can include trying different techniques and checking what feels most helpful as therapy progresses.

She has six years' experience delivering video and telephone counselling and holds a post-qualification certificate in online counselling. If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current formats offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around daily life - for example, a short phone check-in can fit into a lunch break, and video sessions avoid travel time. These practical benefits can help people maintain consistency and keep therapy manageable.