Nicola Murray, BACP

Nicola Murray is a counsellor with six years' experience who helps people manage anxiety, stress and big life changes. She works with adults who are finding day-to-day life overwhelming and feels practical support can help people get back to themselves. Nicola holds BACP accreditation, which she uses to guide her professional practice.

Her background includes initial training in cognitive behavioural therapy, and she draws on several approaches to match what each person needs. Sessions are collaborative and focus on practical tools for coping, emotional regulation and clearer thinking. Nicola often helps people tackle issues such as intimacy and trust, anger, ADHD and obsessive behaviours.

Clients can expect a straightforward, down-to-earth style in sessions. Nicola aims to make things feel manageable by breaking problems into small, usable steps. Conversations cover what is happening now and what can change in daily life.

She also works with concerns around grief, trauma, addiction and self-esteem, and supports those facing career strain, caregiver stress and complicated family dynamics. Nicola pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes when these come up in therapy.

Practical techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness are offered alongside client-centred listening and cognitive strategies. Nicola prefers to tailor methods to each person's goals and pace, rather than use one fixed way of working.

How therapy approaches guide online support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and choose actions that matter to them; it can help with anxiety, low mood and adjusting to change. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns, which can be useful when trust, abandonment or closeness are causing difficulty. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and teaches practical strategies to change them, often used for anxiety, OCD and mood problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicola will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try. That collaborative process helps shape how sessions run and which tools are prioritised.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. In general, online counselling can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also suit people who prefer talking without being on camera or who need sessions outside standard commuting hours. Registered or accredited professionals adapt their approach so online work still focuses on practical coping, emotional regulation and step-by-step change.