Nicola Spence
A compassionate, human-centred counsellor
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About Nicola
Nicola Spence helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people facing life changes, relationship difficulties, addiction concerns, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, work stress and challenges linked to ADHD and bipolar. Nicola works in England and communicates in English.
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP, and has three years of professional experience. Her way of working is straightforward and human centred.
Background and approach
Nicola favours a compassionate style and pays attention to how past experiences shape present life. She does not rely on diagnostic labels or symptom lists and will be clear if this approach is not what someone needs. At the first meetings she focuses on what has brought someone to therapy and the story behind it.
Nicola helps people make connections between their history and current struggles and then plans practical steps together. The work aims to build on a person's existing strengths rather than start from a deficit view. Nicola uses a blend of well-known talking therapy methods to suit each person.
She draws on approaches such as acceptance and commitment strategies, attachment-based ideas, person-focused listening and cognitive and dialectical techniques where helpful. These are used to support emotion regulation, clarity of values and improved relationships. She describes her role as offering choices and empowering people to direct the pace and focus of therapy.
Nicola values honest conversation and aims to create a respectful space where people feel understood and able to try different ways forward.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 407866
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered 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
- 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.
How Nicola works online
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Nicola will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and help decide which methods to use. That choice is collaborative and can change as the work progresses.
Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week and reduced travel time. Online work can allow a shorter check-in when that suits, or avoid the need to be on camera if a phone call is preferred; please confirm the exact session formats before booking. Many people find that the same therapeutic approaches translate well to remote sessions when they are delivered by registered or accredited professionals and when pace and communication are tailored to the person's needs.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Nicola support?
She supports a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression, plus relationship, parenting, eating and sleeping concerns and addiction-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is human centred and compassion focused. Nicola avoids diagnostic labels and works collaboratively to understand each person's life story.
How much experience does she have?
Nicola has three years of professional work experience in the UK helping people with emotional and life difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Nicola?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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