Nicola Willmott, BACP

Nicola Willmott welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or worries about attention and focus. She is a BACP counsellor with three years of professional experience. Nicola writes plainly and listens closely to understand what is most difficult right now.

She offers a calm, person-centred way of working that helps people feel heard. Nicola believes the person knows their own story best and aims to help them access their strengths. Sessions focus on practical steps alongside space to talk about painful feelings.

Nicola adapts her approach to match each person's needs. She draws on attachment ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings. She also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns.

Her background includes work in the United Kingdom health service, a bereavement charity, and private practice. That mix has given Nicola experience supporting people through loss, life transitions, and ongoing health or caregiving strains.

People come for help with self-esteem, relationship concerns, body image and issues linked to ageing or chronic illness. Nicola is also neurodivergent-affirming and has a particular interest in adult ADHD and autism alongside wider topics such as abandonment, codependency, and divorce.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and straightforward. Nicola supports people to identify small, manageable changes and learn ways to manage strong emotions and everyday challenges.

How therapeutic approaches shape online counselling

Nicola often uses attachment-informed work to look at how past and current relationships affect feelings and behaviours. This helps when fear of abandonment, difficulty trusting others, or repeated relationship patterns are causing distress.

She also draws on client-centred practice which puts the person's experience at the centre of every session. That approach involves active listening, reflecting back what is said, and prioritising the person's goals and pace.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicola will discuss different options and help decide what fits best with a person's needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as therapy progresses.

Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging can help people process thoughts between sessions. These options provide flexibility and consistent contact with registered or accredited professionals.