Nicola Hill

• Stress and anxiety
• Mindfulness tools
• Relationship work

About Nicola

Nicola Hill works with stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, life changes and a wide range of related concerns using person-centred and mindfulness-based ways of working. She is a BACP member and has five years' experience in counselling and coaching.

Nicola uses talking and reflective work to help people reframe thoughts and reduce negative self-talk. She draws on acceptance and commitment approaches and mindfulness to encourage practical steps that fit everyday life. Sessions may include emotional exploration and learning skills to manage reactions and difficult feelings.

Her background includes yoga teaching and experience as a life coaching practitioner. That experience informs her focus on self-awareness and practical tools people can use between sessions. She also uses elements of emotionally focused and attachment-based work when relationship or attachment issues arise.

People come for help with grief, coping with life transitions, parenting and fatherhood issues, and career concerns as well as addictions and compassion fatigue. Nicola also supports work on body image, codependency, communication problems, control issues, infidelity and jealousy, and self-harm thoughts.

She frames counselling as a collaborative process where the client’s goals guide the pace and focus. Nicola offers approaches drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to suit different needs.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Nicola uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts and values, and then take practical steps in line with what matters to them; this can suit issues like anxiety, stress and life-direction concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current reactions; it can help when relationship problems, fatherhood issues or attachment concerns are present.

Client-Centred Therapy underpins her style, meaning conversations are guided by the client’s priorities and pace. Finding the right approach is part of the work and she will discuss which methods fit a person’s goals, preferences and the problems they bring; this is a collaborative process rather than a set prescription.

Confirm the available session formats before booking because the biography does not specify them. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also suit people who prefer not to be on camera or who need a session that fits a work break, and therapists and registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises such as mindfulness, ACT worksheets and emotionally focused tasks to remote settings.

Topics Nicola lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Trauma and abuse
• Self-esteem
• Coping with life changes
• Addictions
• Family conflicts
• Grief
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Depression
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Attachment issues
• Body image
• Codependency
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Divorce and separation
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Infidelity
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Women's issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Nicola

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Nicola supports people with anxiety and stress using mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses person-centred counselling alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and mindfulness techniques.

How much experience does she have?

She has five years' experience working in counselling and coaching roles.

Is she accredited with a professional body in the UK?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What are the session formats?

Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified in the biography.

How much do sessions cost and how do I start?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.