Nicola Gordon-Thaxter, BACP

Nicola Gordon-Thaxter uses a person-centred approach alongside practical cognitive techniques to help people facing stress, anxiety and relationship challenges. She works in a straightforward way and focuses on clear goals. Nicola aims to make conversations feel calm and respectful so people can say what matters to them.

With four years of experience, Nicola draws on Client-Centred Therapy to build trust and give people space to reflect. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which helps spot patterns in thoughts, feelings and actions and try small practical changes. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs and pace.

People consult Nicola about relationship worries, family tensions, parenting strains, intimacy concerns and grief. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, depression and major life changes. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, antisocial personality, multicultural concerns and experiences of prejudice and discrimination.

Nicola speaks English and works from the United Kingdom. Her registration is with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. She offers a calm, steady presence and practical steps alongside listening.

Sessions can be arranged by choosing a suitable format, and Nicola will work with each person to set clear, achievable goals and small actions between meetings.

How Nicola’s approaches work online

Nicola uses Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in online sessions. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening with warmth and respect so people can talk through their feelings. It helps when someone needs a safe space to understand themselves and their choices. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises to test thoughts and try new behaviours, which can help with anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes.

Choosing the best approach is a shared process. Nicola will discuss your goals and preferences and suggest whether more listening, more practical tasks or a mix would work best. She adjusts plans as you go, so the method changes if it isn’t helping you meet your aims.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let you talk face to face from wherever you are while phone sessions can be a quicker check-in or suit lower bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, flexible exchanges or written reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and daily routines while keeping treatment consistent.