Nicola Fiveash, NCPS

Nicola Fiveash is an integrative counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. She has five years of experience and uses a blend of approaches to support people through grief, loss, trauma and the stresses of everyday life. Nicola aims to create a calm, compassionate space where people can feel heard and understood.

She draws on a mix of methods so sessions match individual needs. That can include person-centred work to help clients talk through feelings without judgement, cognitive behavioural techniques to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts, and attachment-focused ideas to examine long-standing patterns from earlier relationships.

Nicola describes her practice as trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming. She pays attention to safety, autonomy and respect for different ways of experiencing the world. That means adapting pace and structure according to what each person needs.

People come for help with stress, anxiety, low mood, life transitions and relationship difficulties. Nicola also supports concerns such as sleep and eating issues, addiction, ADHD and caregiver strain. She works with both present difficulties and the impact of past experiences.

The style is collaborative and straightforward. Nicola listens with empathy and uses practical tools when they are helpful. She encourages people to build on their own strengths and to try manageable steps between sessions.

How Nicola’s approaches translate to online counselling

Nicola uses a mix of approaches that can be adapted to remote work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current feelings and reactions, which can help with relationship difficulties and patterns of avoidance. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on being listened to without judgement and building a trusting relationship, which supports emotional processing and self-understanding.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Nicola will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying things out, checking in, and adjusting pace and tools as needed so therapy stays helpful and manageable.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time so people can attend more reliably. Different formats suit different needs, so please confirm the current session options before booking. Nicola aims to make sessions fit everyday life, offering a calm, structured space to reflect, practise new skills and plan small changes between meetings.