Lucy Nicolaysen

Lucy Nicolaysen is a counsellor who uses a client-centred way of working. She focuses on building trust so people feel able to talk about what is causing them distress. Talking things through is central to her approach and often brings immediate relief and clearer thinking.

She aims to help people make sense of painful events and to reduce feelings of being stuck. Sessions provide space to describe difficult experiences and how they affect day-to-day life. Over time this often strengthens a person's relationship with themselves and supports change.

Lucy draws on several approaches, including attachment-based work and cognitive behavioural ideas, to tailor support to each person. She helps with relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, stress, anxiety and addictions. Other areas she works with include grief, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, depression and coping with life changes.

Additional focuses include abandonment and attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, communication problems, control issues and divorce or separation. She also supports people with guilt, shame, impulsivity, isolation, life purpose questions, men's issues and midlife change.

Lucy is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and has six years' experience. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. To begin, follow the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How attachment and practical therapy work online

Lucy uses attachment-based ideas and client-centred work to help people feel understood and build safer ways of relating to themselves and others. Attachment-based work looks at patterns from early relationships and how they affect current feelings and reactions, which can be helpful for relationship strain and anger.

She also uses client-centred principles that focus on listening and following the person's pace. This approach creates space for someone to talk through painful memories and present worries without pressure. Cognitive-behavioural ideas are often used alongside these to try small changes in thought and behaviour that lessen distress.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into everyday life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins or evening appointments when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can offer therapy that fits around work, care duties and other commitments.