Nichola McDonald, BACP
4 years in practice
Nichola McDonald is a BACP counsellor who offers a human-centred approach with an emphasis on existential themes.
License and registration
- BACP
- 394145 · expires April 2026
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
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About Nichola
Nichola McDonald is a BACP counsellor who offers a human-centred approach with an emphasis on existential themes. She aims to create a calm space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, grief and life changes. Her manner is warm and straightforward and she focuses on helping people make practical changes that matter to them.
Nichola has four years of experience in counselling and works with issues such as depression, trauma and addiction.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with relationship difficulties, intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping problems, and the strain of parenting or caregiving. Her practice pays attention to how chronic health problems and workplace pressure affect day-to-day life. Her background draws on a mix of approaches including client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques.
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-informed ideas to help people understand patterns and try new ways of coping. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Nichola accepts international clients and runs sessions in English.
Therapy can focus on short-term coping strategies or longer-term questions about meaning, identity and values. She encourages small, achievable steps as well as exploring deeper concerns when people are ready. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions.
Nichola uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and practical arrangements are made according to her availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nichola lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Nichola names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Existential Therapy helps people consider questions of meaning, choice and values, and can be useful when someone faces major life changes or persistent worry about purpose. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that match values, which is helpful for anxiety, depression and coping with chronic stress.Nichola will work with each person to find the right mix of approaches. She treats the choice of method as a collaboration and adapts techniques to the client's goals and preferences. Together they will try options and adjust the plan as progress and needs become clearer.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal feedback. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or suit people with lower bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, journalling-style reflection or ongoing contact between longer sessions. These options make it easier to attend therapy around work, caregiving or travel schedules, while still using the same therapeutic approaches a therapist would use in person.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Nichola help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and trauma plus related issues such as addiction, eating and sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is human-centred and collaborative, drawing on existential ideas to explore meaning alongside practical techniques to manage symptoms.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Nichola has four years of experience working as a counsellor and has supported people with a broad range of emotional and life challenges.
What professional credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with the BACP and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are used in sessions and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Nichola?
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