Nels Rodwell, NCPS

Nels Rodwell is a counsellor with 25 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. Nels believes clients are the experts of their own lives and aims to help them build on existing strengths. Taking the first step can feel daunting and she offers calm support through that process.

Her approach blends person-centred thinking with cognitive behavioural ideas and attachment-focused work. She also uses emotionally focused and existential lenses when they suit a client’s needs. In practice this looks like listening carefully, asking simple questions, and suggesting practical tools to try between sessions. Sessions often focus on thoughts and everyday habits that keep problems going, and on small changes that make daily life easier.

Nels trained in Person Centred therapy, Gestalt and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and she combines talking therapy with creative options such as writing therapy. She also works as a dual therapist offering counselling alongside massage for in-person sessions. These combined approaches can help people connect bodily experience with feelings and thoughts.

She has worked with adults of many nationalities and with a wide range of concerns. Her style emphasises self-awareness, personal responsibility and compassion towards oneself. Nels aims to give practical tools so people can better understand their experiences and develop stronger relationships with themselves and others.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds influence current relationships and emotional reactions. Online sessions using this approach help people notice patterns in trust, closeness and separation and work toward feeling safer in relationships.

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre and uses careful listening and reflection. Online conversations in this style focus on what matters most to the client, helping them find their own answers and make steady changes.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and habits. In online CBT this often means spotting thought patterns, trying short experiments between sessions, and practising new responses to stress or anxiety.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The counsellor will help the client choose methods based on their goals, needs and preferences, and may combine approaches as the work evolves. This is an ongoing discussion rather than a one-time decision.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into busy schedules and reducing travel time. Clients can use online sessions to have shorter check-ins, regular weekly work or deeper conversations depending on what suits them. Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here.