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Nicola Kassam, BACP

Nicola Kassam is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who combines a client-centred way of working with mindfulness and existential ideas.

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Grief
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About Nicola

Nicola Kassam is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who combines a client-centred way of working with mindfulness and existential ideas. She draws on five years of practice and a background in careers, employability and welfare to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief and relationship strain. Nicola aims to make sessions straightforward and respectful so people feel heard and understood.

Her work focuses on practical change and understanding. Nicola listens closely to each person’s concerns and helps them set small, doable goals.

Background and approach

She brings mindfulness into sessions to support managing difficult feelings and to build everyday coping skills. Nicola also uses existential ideas to help people reflect on meaning, values and life choices. That can be useful when facing career crossroads, relationship questions or identity concerns.

Motivational interviewing helps when someone wants to find momentum for change and clarify what matters most. She has experience supporting people with trauma and abuse, depression, eating and food-related issues, chronic health concerns, and the effects of grief and loss. Nicola also works with issues around adoption and foster care, neurodiversity, family problems and multicultural concerns.

Sessions are offered in English and Nicola accepts international clients. Her BACP credential is shown as BACP. People who want to begin can complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions through the Start Therapy process.

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Registration

Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	395753	January 2027

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Nicola lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Grief
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Eating disorders
Depression
Adoption and foster care
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Eating and food-related issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Multicultural concerns
Post-traumatic stress
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Nicola names

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Practical approaches for online counselling and change

Nicola uses client-centred work to make sessions about what matters to the person in front of her. That means she focuses on listening, reflecting and helping people set steps that feel manageable. Mindfulness therapy is used to build simple, everyday skills for coping with anxiety, stress and difficult feelings through attention and breathing.

She also draws on motivational interviewing to help people strengthen motivation for change and clarify goals. These approaches suit people dealing with grief, relationship strain, career questions or the aftermath of trauma, and they translate well to online sessions. Nicola treats picking an approach as a collaborative process and will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or suit lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick updates, reflective exercises or when writing feels easier than speaking. Together these options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, study and daily life while keeping the focus on progress and practical support.

Frequently asked

What kinds of problems does Nicola help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns, and supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief and eating-related issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach is client-centred and practical, using mindfulness and existential ideas alongside motivational interviewing to help people reflect and make changes.

What experience does Nicola bring to sessions?

She has five years of counselling experience and ten years of careers, employability and welfare work in further and higher education.

Where is Nicola based and what credential does she hold?

Nicola practises from the United Kingdom and lists BACP as her credential.

Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?

Yes, Nicola accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin if I want to work with Nicola?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.