Hello, I’m Nikki.
About Me
I am a qualified counsellor with a background in nursing, physical rehabilitation, and psychotherapy. My working life has been devoted to supporting people’s physical and emotional well-being, often during times of vulnerability, change, or distress.
To be honest for a long time, I didn’t know who I really was beneath the surface. I became an expert in wearing masks, showing people what I thought they wanted to see, hiding the parts of me that felt too messy, too complicated, too much. I lost touch with myself trying to fit into spaces that were never built for me.
My counselling training challenged and changed me — both professionally and personally. It’s been a long and deeply personal journey of unlearning, healing, and becoming. I’ve come to understand how powerful it is to have a space where you don’t have to perform, explain, or justify.
I have personally experienced trauma so I know just how complex and painful those experiences can be and how much strength it takes to hold them. But I also know that healing is possible. Even if it doesn’t always feel like it.
I live with a chronic illness which gives me a personal connection to the emotional weight that can come with life with a disability. I have a special interest in working with people who live with chronic or neurological illnesses and understand how lonely and frustrating those experiences can be, particularly when you’re not believed, understood or even being gas lit by the medical system.
I’m also neuro- divergent aware and regularly support clients with ADHD.
You won’t find perfection here – but you will find a human being who’s done a lot of work on themselves, who gets what it’s like to feel lost or unseen, and who believes fiercely in your right to take up space exactly as you are.
I know how hard it can feel to open up to people (let alone a complete stranger like me!). That’s why I’m all about making therapy feel less clinical and more human.
How I Work
I work in a trauma-informed, neuro-affirming, and relational way.
This means:
Prioritising emotional and psychological safety
Working collaboratively, not prescriptively
Respecting your autonomy, boundaries, and pace
Being attentive to how experiences live in both mind and body
Creating space where masking is not required
Training, qualifications & experience
Domestic Abuse Champion
ACCPH Trauma-Informed Practice Training
Life Coaching Diploma
Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP)
Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Practice
Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
Working therapeutically with ADHD and ASD
Qualified Mental Health First Aider
Cruse Bereavement training
Cruse Complicated Grief training
NHS Acute Care and the Person-Centred Approach
Exploring suicidal risk with clients
Working with Anxiety and Depression
Working with Trauma, Understanding trauma, Implementing trauma informed practice
Certificate in counselling on telephone and online
Member Organisations
Areas of counselling I deal with
Abortion
Abuse
ADHD
Affairs and betrayals
Anxiety
Baby loss
Bereavement
Bullying
Cancer
Carer support
Childhood bereavement
Childhood bullying
Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME
Chronic illness
Dementia
Depression
Disabilities
Dyslexia
Emotional abuse
Family issues
Feeling sad
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
Health anxiety
Loneliness
Low self-confidence
Low self-esteem
Menopause
Mental health
Miscarriage
Narcissistic abuse
Neurodiversity
Older people's counselling
Panic attacks
Physical abuse
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Pregnancy and birth
Relationship problems
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Separation and divorce
Social anxiety
Spirituality
Stress
Trauma
Postnatal depression
High sensitivity
“Questions are welcome. So is uncertainty.”