Nicola Kassam
Client-centred counsellor for stress and meaning
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About Nicola
Nicola Kassam uses a client-centred approach to help people make sense of stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship strain. She brings a calm, down-to-earth style to sessions and aims to make it easier to talk about difficult feelings. Nicola is a BACP counsellor with five years of counselling experience and helps people from different backgrounds, including international clients.
She draws on client-centred work to focus on what matters to the person in front of her.
Background and approach
Existential ideas are used to look at meaning, choices and how life changes are affecting day-to-day living. Mindfulness tools are offered to help with intense emotions and to build steadier moments during a busy day. Nicola has a background of around ten years in careers, employability and welfare within further and higher education.
That experience informs practical conversations about work, study and confidence. She also supports people coping with grief, trauma, eating concerns and long-term health issues. Sessions are conversational and geared towards immediate, useful steps as well as longer-term reflection.
Nicola helps people identify small changes that fit their life and values. She encourages gentle goal-setting and checks progress as therapy continues. Her work also covers family problems, adoption and foster care concerns, multicultural issues, and matters linked to veterans and armed forces.
People communicate in English, and international arrangements are possible, with scheduling discussed at first contact.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 5
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 395753
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Nicola's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Nicola works with
Everything Nicola lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nicola lists
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How Nicola works online
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and grounding exercises to reduce reactivity and manage strong emotions. These techniques are useful for anxiety, depression and coping with chronic pain or ongoing health issues.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Nicola will work together with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and lifestyle. That shared planning can change over time as needs shift and progress is made.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and to access a therapist from another location. Practical benefits include fewer travel demands, easier scheduling around work or study, and the option to choose a shorter check-in when time is limited. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm the available online options before booking to be sure they match your needs.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Nicola help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain and trauma. Nicola also works with issues such as eating concerns, self-esteem, career and family problems.
What is Nicola's therapeutic style?
The approach is client-centred and collaborative, with elements of existential thinking and mindfulness. Sessions are conversational and aim to identify useful steps and meaning in everyday life.
What experience does she bring?
Nicola has five years of counselling experience and about ten years working in careers, employability and welfare in further and higher education. That mix shapes practical and reflective work in sessions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients be seen?
Sessions are offered in English, and Nicola does accept international clients. Specific arrangements can be discussed when you make contact.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm the current session options with the service before booking.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up process.
How do I begin working with Nicola?
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