Nicola Willmott , BACP

Nicola Willmott is a BACP-registered Person Centred counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She has worked across settings including the NHS, a bereavement charity, and in private practice, bringing practical insight from each environment into her therapeutic work.

Nicola supports people managing stress, anxiety, depression, loss and grief, motivation challenges, self-esteem and confidence concerns. She is a neurodivergent-affirming counsellor with a particular interest in adult ADHD, Autism and AuDHD, and she works with relationship issues, abandonment concerns and a broad range of life transitions. Her practice also addresses challenges related to chronic illness, caregiving stress, body image and blended family dynamics among other areas.

Working in an integrative way, Nicola draws flexibly on psychodynamic ideas, transactional analysis and cognitive behavioural therapy to tailor support to each person. She believes clients are the experts of their stories and that their strengths are central to change. Nicola aims to offer a compassionate, person-centred space where individuals can explore difficult feelings and build practical steps toward a more fulfilling life.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Nicola draws on client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as core elements of her online practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on building a trusting, empathetic relationship where the person is treated as the expert in their own experience - this approach can be helpful for issues around self-esteem, relationships and life transitions. CBT offers practical strategies to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, which many people find useful for managing anxiety, low mood and stress.

She also integrates mindfulness-based ideas to help people develop present-moment awareness and manage emotional reactivity, which can support coping with chronic stress and difficult emotions. Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Nicola works collaboratively with clients and licensed professionals to tailor methods to individual needs, goals and preferences.

Online therapy with Nicola can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. These options provide flexibility for people balancing work, family or health demands and make it easier to access consistent support from a therapist without changing one’s routine.