Nicola Willoughby
Compassionate integrative counsellor for life changes
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About Nicola
Nicola Willoughby is a BACP-registered counsellor working in the United Kingdom. She has been practising since 2020 and focuses on trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, career changes and coping with life transitions. Nicola aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what feels overwhelming and begin to make manageable changes.
She trained as an integrative counsellor and adapts her approach to suit each person’s needs. During training she completed a higher diploma in cognitive behavioural therapy, a foundation certificate for working with children and teenagers, and further courses in bereavement and loss, domestic abuse, anxiety, anger and emotional regulation.
Background and approach
Nicola has experience supporting children and adults who have an ADHD or autism spectrum diagnosis. She helps people identify strengths and practical ways to manage daily challenges. Her style tends to be collaborative and down-to-earth, focusing on small steps that add up over time.
Common issues she addresses include attachment and communication problems, divorce and separation, domestic violence, eating and food-related concerns, fertility and pregnancy-related worries, and feelings of guilt or shame. Nicola also works with panic, phobias, hoarding, narcissism-related dynamics, social anxiety and women’s issues. She believes clients often hold the answers to their difficulties and that therapy can help make those answers clearer.
Nicola aims to help people find their strengths and use them to move forward in practical, achievable ways.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 405357
- Languages
- English
- 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.
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
How Nicola works online
Cognitive behavioural techniques focus on understanding links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offer practical strategies to reduce anxiety, panic and phobic responses. These techniques often include small experiments and planning that people can try between sessions to notice change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Nicola will help clients decide what methods fit their goals, needs and preferences, and will adjust the plan as things evolve. The process is collaborative and paced to what feels manageable.
Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into busy days and avoiding travel time. If you need specific session formats, please confirm the current options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Many people find that meeting remotely makes it easier to attend consistently and to apply strategies in daily life.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does Nicola help with?
She supports people facing trauma and abuse, grief, parenting pressures, career changes and other life transitions, plus related issues such as attachment, communication and anxiety.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Nicola uses an integrative approach and adapts methods to suit each person. Her work is collaborative and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.
What background and experience does she have?
She has been practicing since 2020 and has worked with children and adults, including those with ADHD or autism spectrum diagnoses, helping them identify strengths and coping strategies.
What professional credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a registered member of the BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from outside the UK?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are arranged for people within the United Kingdom.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with Nicola?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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