Nicola Heaps, BACP
Practical, compassionate support for parents and individuals
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- 3
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Nicola
Nicola Heaps is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief and relationship difficulties. She works with parents on the strains of raising children and supports people facing major life changes. Nicola also addresses trauma, intimacy issues, low self-esteem, anger and compassion fatigue.
She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often shown as BACP. Nicola draws on approachable, practical methods to make sessions feel straightforward and useful.
Background and approach
She aims to treat everyone with respect and sensitivity. Nicola adapts sessions to each person’s needs. She listens first to understand what feels hardest.
Then she helps set short-term goals and small steps that can make day-to-day life easier. Sessions may look different depending on the issue. For grief after a suicide or the loss of a child, Nicola offers space to tell the story and work through painful moments at a steady pace.
For relationship concerns she helps people improve communication and clarity about what they want next. Her practice combines a warm, client-focused approach with practical problem-solving. That mix aims to help people feel heard and to make realistic changes between sessions.
Nicola encourages each person to move at their own pace and to try manageable steps that build confidence.
What Nicola works with
Everything Nicola lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nicola helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nicola lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Nicola’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person without judgement. The therapist provides empathetic support and follows the pace set by the client, which can help with grief, anxiety and relationship concerns.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on what you want to change and the small steps that lead there. It is practical and goal-oriented, well suited to stress management, coping with life changes and parenting challenges.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Nicola will discuss options with clients and shape sessions based on individual needs, goals and preferences. Together they decide whether to use more listening-based work, goal-focused tasks or a blend of both.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins and text messaging can help people reflect between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and daily life.
Questions people ask about Nicola
What concerns can Nicola help with?
Nicola supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship difficulties, parenting strain, trauma, self-esteem and related concerns such as anger and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and practical. She listens first, then works collaboratively to set small goals and steps you can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Nicola has three years of experience working with people on a wide range of life and relationship issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions delivered?
Nicola offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
What does therapy cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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