Nicholas Ashley , BACP

Nicholas Ashley is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with seven years of professional experience. He supports people facing a wide range of concerns, including LGBT issues, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, anxiety and depression. He creates a non-judgemental space where people can speak honestly about difficult feelings and take the first steps towards change.

Nicholas works in a straightforward, collaborative way. He listens first, then helps people identify small, practical steps they can try between sessions. He blends approaches so the work meets the needs of each person rather than following a single method.

Common topics he helps with include stress, addictions, coping with life changes, self-esteem, parenting pressures and intimacy-related worries. Nicholas also supports people dealing with sleep or eating concerns, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD and career uncertainty. His practice extends to issues like attachment difficulties, body image, and caring for someone with chronic illness.

His approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to help people notice what matters to them and build actions around those values. He also uses client-centred and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques where helpful. Sessions aim to be practical, steady and focused on real-life change.

Nicholas offers sessions in English and is open to people from outside the UK. He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions in line with those values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and navigating life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. That approach can help with anxiety, depression and sleep or eating difficulties. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early experiences affect current connections; it can help with intimacy, attachment issues and relationship worries.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Nicholas will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adapt methods as needed. That means sessions can be tailored from the start and adjusted over time through an open conversation about what helps.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and a fuller conversation, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, chat is helpful for quick check-ins and text messaging suits brief, ongoing support. These options give flexibility to fit sessions around work, family life and different daily rhythms.