Nicola Spence, BACP
Calm, collaborative counselling for life challenges
Details
| Name | Nicola Spence |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 3 |
About Nicola
Nicola Spence is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief and low self-esteem. She also supports individuals dealing with relationship concerns, addiction, trauma, parenting strain and life transitions. Nicola works with a broad range of emotional and practical issues and aims to make first steps feel manageable.
Her style is human-centred and compassion-focused. Sessions begin by listening to a person’s story and building a shared understanding of what is happening now.
Background and approach
Nicola prefers to avoid diagnostic labels and instead looks at how life experiences shape current difficulties. She often links past events with present patterns so clients can notice repeating themes. That process helps people see alternatives and try different responses.
Nicola offers choices about approaches and invites collaboration on the direction of therapy. Nicola draws on Narrative ideas alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-based ways of working and cognitive tools. She blends these to suit each person rather than following a fixed script.
The aim is practical change, clearer values and more helpful day-to-day routines. Drawing on three years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Nicola values the therapeutic relationship and the courage it takes to reach out. She welcomes conversations with people who want to talk through their next steps and decide what feels most useful.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Self esteem among the things Nicola works with, alongside the areas below.
- 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 counseling
- 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 listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Nicola among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Nicola directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Nicola directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and ACT inform online therapy
Nicola combines Narrative ideas and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people make sense of their difficulties. Narrative work looks at the stories people tell about themselves and invites new, more helpful stories to emerge. It can be useful for relationship problems, low self-worth and issues shaped by past events. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small, practical steps even when emotions are hard. ACT can help with anxiety, depression and coping with life changes.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Nicola will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest methods to try together. If something does not fit, she will offer alternatives and adjust the plan so it reflects what matters to you rather than forcing a single technique.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video is helpful when seeing facial expression matters, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins or ongoing written reflection between meetings. These options aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does Nicola help with?
Nicola supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and self-esteem issues. She also addresses relationship difficulties, trauma, addictions and a range of life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is human-centred and compassion-focused, starting with your story and working collaboratively. She avoids diagnostic labels and focuses on how life experiences shape present problems.
What experience does she bring?
She has three years of professional experience working with a variety of emotional and practical concerns. Her background includes work with grief, motivation, parenting strain and trauma-related issues.
What credentials and region are listed?
Nicola is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not taking international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
People can work with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on preference and practical needs.
How is cost handled?
Session costs vary with location and therapist availability and are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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