Counsellor profile
Nicola Gordon-Thaxter, BACP
Counsellor - Stress and relationship support
See online counselling options- Client-Centred Therapy
- CBT
- Adoption and foster care
About Nicola
Counsellor Nicola Gordon-Thaxter is a member of the BACP and has four years of professional experience working with people in the United Kingdom. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, and also supports people facing grief, trauma and abuse. Nicola also lists help with parenting, intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem and coping with life changes.
Nicola uses Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and she adapts the way she talks with each person. Sessions focus on clear, practical conversation. She listens for what matters most and helps people try different ways of handling problems.
People often come for help after big life changes, difficult losses, or ongoing tension in relationships. Nicola has experience with adoption and foster care issues, multicultural concerns and prejudice or discrimination. She also notes work with people affected by antisocial personality presentations.
In sessions she offers straightforward tools from CBT alongside a client-centred way of working that keeps the person's aims central. That means checking what helps, reviewing what changes, and adjusting the approach as the work goes on.
Nicola describes a flexible working style that aims to be respectful and sensitive. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and to schedule a first session through the directory's booking options.
How her approaches work for online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. The counsellor reflects what is said, helps people clarify their priorities and supports them to make their own decisions. This can help with feelings of low self-esteem, relationship worries and coping after loss.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses simple, practical techniques such as spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying behavioural changes. CBT is often used for anxiety, stress and low mood where a person wants structured steps to try.
Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Nicola will work with each person to choose which approach, or mix of approaches, fits their needs, goals and preferences. Decisions about pace and focus are made together and reviewed as sessions progress.
The practical benefits of online counselling can include fitting sessions around work and family commitments, avoiding travel time and using shorter check-ins when needed. The directory's booking route asks you to complete a short matching questionnaire before booking. Confirm the current session formats on the therapist's profile before you schedule so you know what is offered.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she commonly help with?
Nicola works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns. She also helps with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting, anger and self-esteem.
What kind of therapeutic style does she use?
Her approach combines Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). That means she keeps your goals central while offering practical CBT tools.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of professional experience working with clients in the United Kingdom.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the BACP, as stated in her profile.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.