- Clear practical steps
- Collaborative approach
- Focus on relationships
About Nicola
Nicola Murray is a counsellor with six years' experience helping adults manage anxiety, stress and relationship difficulties. She holds BACP registration, and she focuses on practical ways to reduce overwhelm and reconnect with what matters in everyday life. Nicola speaks English and works with people across the UK and internationally.
Nicola offers straightforward, paced sessions where clients outline what they want to change. She uses clear strategies from cognitive behavioural therapy, and draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment ideas to guide conversations. Sessions focus on steps people can try between meetings so progress is steady.
Common topics Nicola supports include intimacy and trust concerns, anger, ADHD, addiction, grief and trauma. She also helps with sleeping and eating difficulties, low self-esteem, career stress and coping with major life changes. There is additional experience with attachment issues, abandonment, and some relationship patterns linked to kink and alternative sexual culture.
Nicola takes a collaborative style. She listens, reflects and suggests practical techniques rather than lecturing. Work may include changing unhelpful thoughts, building new habits and improving communication skills over time.
People who feel stuck in repeating patterns or who want clear, actionable steps often find this approach useful. Nicola encourages small experiments and regular check-ins to see what helps and what needs to change next.
Nicola offers straightforward, paced sessions where clients outline what they want to change. She uses clear strategies from cognitive behavioural therapy, and draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment ideas to guide conversations. Sessions focus on steps people can try between meetings so progress is steady.
Common topics Nicola supports include intimacy and trust concerns, anger, ADHD, addiction, grief and trauma. She also helps with sleeping and eating difficulties, low self-esteem, career stress and coping with major life changes. There is additional experience with attachment issues, abandonment, and some relationship patterns linked to kink and alternative sexual culture.
Nicola takes a collaborative style. She listens, reflects and suggests practical techniques rather than lecturing. Work may include changing unhelpful thoughts, building new habits and improving communication skills over time.
People who feel stuck in repeating patterns or who want clear, actionable steps often find this approach useful. Nicola encourages small experiments and regular check-ins to see what helps and what needs to change next.
How Nicola’s approaches translate to online work
Nicola combines cognitive behavioural ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-focused thinking to shape online conversations. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps people identify and test thoughts and behaviours that feed anxiety and low mood, often using simple practical tasks between sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports people to notice difficult feelings without getting stuck and to commit to values-based action that rebuilds a satisfying life. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect present connections and helps people try different ways of relating in day-to-day life.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Nicola aims to find what fits by talking through your goals and testing methods together. She will adapt techniques as you learn what helps and what needs changing, keeping the plan flexible and collaborative.
The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and keeping momentum without travel. Online work can make it easier to maintain regular check-ins and to apply strategies between appointments. The original profile does not list which session formats are used, so please confirm current options before booking to ensure they fit your routine.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
6+ years
Credentials
See below
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Nicola work with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, addictions, trauma and grief among other concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Nicola uses a collaborative, practical style that emphasises steps to try between sessions and clearer patterns to address in the room.
How much experience does she have?
Nicola has six years of experience working as a counsellor with adults on a range of relationship and mental health concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
What languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and Nicola accepts international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
The original profile does not specify session formats, so please confirm current options with the service before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.