Nicola Gordon-Thaxter

Nicola Gordon-Thaxter offers person-centred therapy that focuses on understanding each person’s experience. She uses Client-Centred Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and aims to make sessions straightforward and practical. Nicola presents herself as a respectful and compassionate counsellor who adapts conversations to each person’s needs. She highlights support for anger alongside stress, anxiety and relationship concerns.

Nicola draws on four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She frames work around what the client brings to the session and helps people set short-term and longer-term goals. Typical areas she supports include family and parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and coping with life changes.

In a session Nicola will listen, reflect and offer practical strategies when useful. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy may be used to identify thought patterns that affect mood and behaviour. Client-Centred Therapy is used to make space for what matters most to the person in front of her.

People coming for help with anger can expect a focus on understanding triggers and learning ways to manage reactions. For relationship or intimacy-related issues Nicola assists people to communicate more clearly and to explore underlying emotions. She also notes additional focus areas such as adoption and foster care, multicultural concerns and prejudice and discrimination.

Nicola holds BACP as a listed credential and works from the UK. She invites people to take the first step and says seeking help takes courage, adding that she will support them through the process.

How her approaches work for online sessions

Nicola uses Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in a way that is easy to follow online. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, reflecting and offering empathic support so the person can make sense of their experience. It helps when someone needs space to be heard and to explore feelings without pressure.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and encourages small experiments and practical tools. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, anger and low mood by helping people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and routines.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Nicola will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and then agree which methods to try. The process is collaborative and she adjusts plans as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, check the current session options before booking as formats are not stated here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits. It can also make it simpler to continue therapy during periods of change while you and the therapist find the best way to work together.