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Nicola Jameson

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Nicola Jameson, BACP, NCPS

United Kingdom

Counsellor - relationships and trauma

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Where Nicola stands

Credentials
BACP, NCPS
Registration
BACP, United Kingdom / 384619; NCPS, United Kingdom / NCPS1032
Experience
8 years
Languages
English
Location
United Kingdom

About

  • Attachment work
  • CBT techniques
  • Emotion-focused work

About Nicola

Nicola Jameson is a counsellor and psychotherapist in the United Kingdom with eight years of professional experience. She holds BACP and NCPS credentials. Nicola works with adults facing relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, anxiety, stress and addictions, among other concerns.

Her approach is straightforward and person-focused. Sessions centre on what the client brings each week. She uses a mix of well-known methods such as attachment-based work, cognitive behavioural techniques and elements from emotionally-focused and dialectical approaches. Nicola aims to help people notice patterns that keep causing pain and to try different ways of responding.

Nicola often helps people who struggle to say no, lose themselves in relationships or feel stuck after loss or difficult events. She also offers support around career stress, sleep and eating difficulties, anger and the challenges of life transitions. Codependency is listed among the areas she will address alongside problems linked to attachment and abandonment.

In practical terms Nicola works at a steady pace. She listens to what matters most and helps set clear, short-term goals alongside longer-term aims. Sessions can include talking, reflecting on relationship patterns, learning breathing and grounding strategies, and practising alternative behaviours between meetings.

To begin, clients use the site process to match and arrange a first session. Nicola welcomes people who want clear, practical steps for coping and changing the ways they relate to others.

How sessions work

How Nicola uses core approaches in online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connections shape current relationships. It helps people who struggle with trust, fear of abandonment or repeating the same painful patterns in adult relationships. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. It teaches practical steps to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours that reduce anxiety and low mood. Finding the best fit is part of the work. Nicola will discuss different approaches with clients and agree together which methods to use based on needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative decision can change over time as new issues come up or progress is made. The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, cut travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people use quieter surroundings or avoid being on camera if that helps them engage. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt techniques such as CBT exercises, attachment-focused conversations and emotion-focused tasks to work in a remote setting, while helping clients practise new ways of relating between sessions.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefSelf esteemCareer difficulties

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsFamily conflictsEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementDepressionCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityCancerCodependencyCommitment issuesControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

8+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, anxiety, stress and addictions, among other concerns listed in her profile.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses a mix of approaches including attachment-based work, cognitive behavioural techniques, emotionally-focused and dialectical methods to help people notice and change unhelpful patterns.

How much experience does she have?

She has eight years of professional experience as a counsellor and psychotherapist in the United Kingdom.

What credentials and location are listed?

Her profile shows BACP and NCPS credentials and indicates she works in the United Kingdom.

Can I work with her if I live abroad or speak English?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients according to the profile details.

Which session formats are used?

The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.

How are costs handled?

Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time, as noted in the profile.

How do I start a first session?

Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the site process.

Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.

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