Nicola Gordon-Thaxter, BACP
Nicola Gordon-Thaxter uses a client-centred approach combined with cognitive behavioural techniques to help people move through worries and life changes.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Relationship
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About Nicola
Nicola Gordon-Thaxter uses a client-centred approach combined with cognitive behavioural techniques to help people move through worries and life changes. She aims to create a respectful and sensitive space where people can speak honestly about what matters to them. Nicola makes practical plans together with each person she sees.
She accompanies people as they work towards clearer thinking and steadier moods. Nicola has four years of experience working with stress, anxiety and depression.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns. Her practice includes additional focus on adoption and foster care, antisocial personality, multicultural concerns and experiences of prejudice and discrimination. Sessions are tailored to the individual rather than following a fixed script.
Nicola blends listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy to help people spot unhelpful patterns and try different responses. Conversations aim to be straightforward and to build on each person’s own strengths. She holds BACP accreditation, which reflects professional membership in counselling and psychotherapy.
Nicola works with adults in the United Kingdom and offers work in English. The emphasis is on steady progress and practical coping strategies. If someone is unsure where to begin, Nicola encourages a short initial conversation to clarify goals and preferences.
She supports people who want to make changes and is focused on helping them find workable steps forward.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 400537 | November 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Nicola works with
Everything Nicola lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
Approaches Nicola lists
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Online support
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Nicola will discuss goals and preferences in early sessions and collaborate on which methods to use. She adapts the mix of listening and practical exercises to match what each person needs and how they prefer to work.
Online therapy makes regular contact easier for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or camera use is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick reflections or people who prefer writing. These options help appointments fit around work, family commitments and daily life, while keeping the focus on steady, practical progress.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Nicola help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety and depression as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues. Nicola also works with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Nicola uses a client-centred approach combined with cognitive behavioural therapy. That means she listens first and then offers practical techniques to change thinking and behaviour.
What experience does she bring?
She has four years of professional experience supporting people through emotional and relational difficulties. That experience includes work with multicultural concerns and adoption or foster care related issues.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
Nicola holds BACP accreditation and works in the United Kingdom. The BACP is a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time and works with people in the United Kingdom.
What formats are used for sessions?
Nicola offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These options give flexibility to fit sessions around work and family life.
How are costs and sessions handled?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire.
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