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Nicky Owen, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 20 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefParenting issuesSelf esteem

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Nicky Owen draws on 20 years of professional work in the United Kingdom. She brings a calm, straightforward approach to sessions and focuses on practical ways to tackle anxiety, low mood and relationship strain. She makes space for people to say what matters and notices strengths that can be built on.

She helps people deal with grief and loss, the stress of parenting, and difficulties with communication. Nicky supports those facing addiction, anger and intimacy-related problems, and she works with people coping with life changes such as separation or bereavement.

Background and approach

She also pays attention to issues linked to ADHD, attachment and ageing. Nicky uses a number of therapeutic styles depending on what a person needs. She draws on attachment-based work to look at patterns in close relationships and emotionally-focused methods to help people express and manage strong feelings.

She also includes solution-focused ideas to identify small, practical steps that make a difference. Her style is respectful and collaborative. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them try out new ways of responding.

Sessions aim to be clear, steady and useful rather than full of jargon. Nicky is registered with the BACP, which appears after her name as BACP. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients, using video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs.

To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used to connect people and arrange times.

How Nicky’s approaches work online

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect how people connect today. This approach helps when trust, closeness or repeated relationship problems are causing distress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on recognising and naming strong feelings, and then learning new ways to respond to them in close relationships. It can be useful for people needing help with intimacy-related issues and communication. Solution-focused therapy is brief and practical - it helps identify small, manageable steps that move things in a better direction and is often used alongside other approaches.

Finding the right 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 review progress as therapy continues, adjusting the plan when needed.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their life. Video is useful for face-to-face style conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging allows ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to attend from different locations, to fit sessions into busy days and to keep contact when travel would be difficult.

What concerns does Nicky commonly help with?

She supports people with relationship and family difficulties, grief and parenting strain. Other areas include anxiety, depression, addiction, anger and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on understanding feelings, improving communication and trying practical steps that fit real life.

What experience does she bring?

Nicky has 20 years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom. That background includes supporting people through loss, relationship problems and emotional difficulties.

What credentials and region does she work from?

She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.

Can sessions be held in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. She accepts international clients and can work with people living outside the UK.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Those options allow different lengths and styles of contact to suit a person.

How are fees and payments handled?

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

How do I begin working with this counsellor?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. You will then be able to schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief

Also listed

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 20 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

Contacting Nicky

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Nicky Owen, BACP

Background and approach

How Nicky’s approaches work online

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

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