Nicole Barry
Compassionate counsellor helping people find steady progress
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About Nicole
Nicole Barry is an integrative counsellor with five years' experience. She uses a straightforward, collaborative style and aims to help people feel heard, understood and better equipped to manage life. Nicole is warm and non-judgemental and works alongside clients so progress continues after therapy finishes.
She helps people with common concerns such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, stress and coping with life changes. Relationship and family issues are also within her practice, along with grief, trauma and addiction-related problems.
Background and approach
Nicole offers person-centred, tailored support that fits the pace each client prefers. Nicole draws on a mix of approaches to shape sessions around individual needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to focus on values and meaningful action, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to address unhelpful thinking patterns, and Attachment-Based ideas to look at early patterns that affect current relationships.
Her toolbox also includes emotionally focused and client-centred work as needed. Sessions can include messaging check-ins as well as live work by phone or video, depending on what the client prefers. Nicole encourages straightforward goal-setting and practical steps between sessions so people can build on progress day to day.
Nicole works with people across a wide range of life challenges. She welcomes international clients and holds registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 5
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 389087
- 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 Nicole's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Nicole works with
Everything Nicole lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nicole lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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 Nicole works online
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. It often includes practical exercises and short tasks between sessions to build new habits for mood and sleep.
Nicole views finding the right approach as a team effort. She will discuss your goals, try different methods where helpful, and agree on strategies that fit your needs and preferences. That collaboration helps tailor sessions so they feel relevant and manageable.
Online work makes it easier to fit therapy around everyday life. Messaging check-ins let people touch base between appointments. Phone and video calling remove travel time and can make scheduling easier around work or family commitments. Confirm the precise session options available before booking so you know which formats will be offered.
Questions and answers
What difficulties does Nicole support people with?
She works with a broad set of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma, addiction and coping with life changes.
What kind of therapy style can I expect?
Sessions are collaborative and person centred. Nicole adapts pace and techniques to each person's needs and focuses on practical steps between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Nicole has five years of clinical practice working with clients across many common mental health and relationship issues.
What professional credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions available in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are used?
The practice offers messaging check-ins and therapy by phone or video calling. Confirm current session options before booking to ensure they match your needs.
How are fees and payment 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 Nicole?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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