Nicola Burgess, BACP

Nicola Burgess is a person-centred counsellor who focuses on thoughts and everyday habits. She uses a warm, listening approach to help people make sense of their feelings. Nicola aims to create a space where clients feel heard and not judged. She is introduced simply and directly so people can feel at ease reading on a small screen.

Nicola trained with a BSc (Hons) in Person-Centred Counselling from Derby University and has seven years' experience working in the UK. Her work covers relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and grief after loss. She also supports people with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, addictions, and challenges linked to eating and sleeping.

Sessions often focus on everyday thoughts and habits that shape how someone copes. Nicola listens to what matters to each person and helps them untangle worries, unhelpful patterns, and feelings of loneliness. The aim is to build more self-acceptance and practical ways to move forward.

People bring a wide range of concerns, including parenting strain, career questions, intimacy-related issues, and neurodiversity-related needs such as ADHD. Nicola also works with people facing abandonment, attachment difficulties, domestic violence, and blended family challenges.

Her style draws on Client-Centred, Narrative, and Solution-Focused ideas to keep work grounded and relevant. Nicola offers appointments during weekdays and some early evenings and is based in the United Kingdom.

How core approaches shape online therapy

Nicola brings together person-centred listening with narrative and solution-focused ways of working. Person-Centred Therapy puts the client’s experience first and relies on careful listening and empathy to help someone describe their thoughts and habits. Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from difficult stories, so they can rewrite how they see a problem. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, achievable steps and what a person wants to be different next week or next month.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicola will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they decide which ideas to emphasise and adapt the pace and focus as progress is made.

Please confirm the session formats available before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy day, for example by removing travel time and allowing sessions during a lunch break or after work. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed, or sessions that are more conversational if that suits someone better. Registered or accredited professionals can often adapt timing and style to help therapy fit into everyday life.