Counsellor profile
Lucy Nicolaysen, BACP
Counsellor - relationships and trauma
See online counselling options- Attachment-based work
- Client-centred approach
- CBT and trauma
About Lucy
Counsellor Lucy Nicolaysen is a BACP member with six years' experience offering counselling in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression and a wide range of emotional and practical challenges.
Lucy focuses on conversations that help a person say what is distressing them. Sessions are used to talk through feelings and memories, and to notice patterns that keep people feeling stuck. She aims to help clients develop clearer understanding of themselves and their relationships.
Her work commonly addresses anger, self-esteem, stress, addictions, grief and intimacy issues. She also supports people with sleep and eating difficulties, parenting strain, compassion fatigue and ADHD related concerns. Additional areas she lists include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, chronic illness and caregiving stress.
Lucy uses approaches that centre on relationships and present experience. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current patterns. Client-centred work focuses on what each person brings to the room and their own pace of change.
She also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas and trauma-focused methods to help people manage distressing thoughts and memories. Systemic perspectives are used when patterns involve wider family or social relationships. Lucy describes therapy as a practical place to name problems, test new ways of relating and reduce feelings of overwhelm.
How attachment, client-centred and CBT approaches work online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns of relating. It helps people notice repeated ways of reacting in close relationships and make different choices. Client-centred counselling focuses on the person in front of the therapist and lets them set the pace. It is useful when someone needs time to speak and be heard without pressure. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try practical steps to shift them. CBT can be helpful for anxiety, low mood and some stress-related problems. Together these approaches allow conversation about feelings, memories and behaviour in practical, step-by-step ways. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will help decide which methods suit a person's needs, goals and preferences. This is done collaboratively and can change as therapy progresses. Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life - for example by avoiding travel, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, or letting sessions happen around work or caring commitments. Ask about the exact arrangements when you schedule your first session.Areas of expertise
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she help with most often?
She works with relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression. Other areas listed include addiction, grief, parenting strain and ADHD-related concerns.
What style of therapy does she use?
She uses attachment-based and client-centred approaches alongside cognitive behavioural and trauma-focused methods. Systemic ideas are used when wider relationship patterns are relevant.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of experience working with people in counselling settings.
Which professional body is she a member of and where does she practise?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
She accepts international clients.
How are sessions paid for?
Session cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to speak to her?
Start by selecting the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
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