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Nicola "Nicky" McCaffrey, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 5 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, Anxiety LGBT Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes

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Nicola "Nicky" McCaffrey offers a person-centred counselling style that focuses on being heard and understood. She uses a calm, non-judgemental approach to help people face anxiety, depression and difficult life changes. Nicky aims to build resilience and practical coping skills in sessions so clients can manage future challenges more easily.

Her practice combines Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, allowing conversations about feelings alongside strategies for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.

Background and approach

Sessions may look at coping techniques, decision-making options or ways to handle relationship and work pressures. Nicky emphasises listening first, then introducing tools that suit each person. She has five years of experience in Talking Therapies and has worked in services supporting people in suicidal distress.

That background informs a steady, empathetic approach when sensitive topics arise. Nicky has also worked with people who identify as neurodivergent and those within LGBT communities. Nicky holds BACP, which indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

She practices from the United Kingdom and conducts work in English. Her sessions aim to be practical and approachable, with a focus on real-life improvements. People usually find her style straightforward and collaborative.

The aim is to create a space where someone can speak openly, try out coping strategies, and plan next steps at a pace that feels right.

How client-centred work and CBT translate online

Client-Centred Therapy concentrates on creating a listening, accepting space where the person leads the conversation. Online sessions using this approach aim to give the same attentive listening while allowing someone to talk through feelings and make sense of their experience.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behaviour that contribute to distress and practising practical strategies to change them. In online sessions this might mean trying thought-record exercises, setting small behaviour tasks between meetings, or rehearsing alternative responses to common problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together decide whether a person-centred focus, CBT techniques, or a mix suits the situation best. This collaborative decision helps shape each session and the tools introduced.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller face-to-face feel, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins, short sessions or people who prefer typing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.

What kinds of concerns does Nicky address?

She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and self-esteem issues, along with relationship and family challenges and life changes such as grief and career concerns.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Nicky uses a mainly person-centred approach combined with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to listen first and then introduce practical strategies for thinking and behaviour.

What is her professional background?

She has five years of experience working in Talking Therapies and has provided support within services for people in suicidal distress.

What credentials and region does she represent?

Nicky holds BACP which denotes membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and she practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are sessions priced and how do subscriptions work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are organised through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

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Experience: 5 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Nicola "Nicky" McCaffrey, BACP

Background and approach

How client-centred work and CBT translate online

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

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