Lucy Nicholas, BACP

Lucy Nicholas is a BACP counsellor with eight years' experience. She aims to offer a calm, warm space where people feel heard without judgement. Her style focuses on building a trusting relationship so clients can talk about what matters most to them.

She trained in psychology and has a first-class honours degree in counselling. Lucy works in an integrative way, drawing on different approaches to suit each person rather than following a single method. That means sessions can include talking, practical techniques, and problem-solving depending on the need.

Lucy has worked across counselling charities, schools and in independent practice. She has been offering video and telephone counselling for six years and holds a post-qualification certificate in online counselling. This experience informs how she adapts sessions when meeting remotely.

People contact her about stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem and coping with life changes. She also supports those facing trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, anger and career concerns. Additional focuses include guilt and shame, self-love and women's issues.

Lucy describes the client as the expert in their own life and uses her training to introduce techniques that can help. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. To start, a short questionnaire helps match and schedule the first appointment.

How Lucy’s approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy places the client's experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens closely and follows the person's pace, which helps when discussing feelings like grief, shame or anxiety. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns; it can be useful for anxiety, sleep problems and low mood. Solution-Focused Therapy looks at what is already working and builds on small changes to reach clearer, achievable goals.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Lucy will talk with the client about their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. She combines methods where useful, and checks in regularly to make sure the plan fits and can be adjusted as progress is made.

Lucy has six years' experience offering video and telephone counselling and holds a post-qualification certificate in online counselling. If you plan to meet remotely, confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also allow people in different locations to access the same practitioner without changing their daily routine.