Nicola Fiveash, NCPS
5 years in practice
Nicola Fiveash is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years of experience.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS23-00569 · expires February 2027
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Nicola
Nicola Fiveash is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years of experience. She draws on a range of approaches to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. Nicola works with people facing grief, trauma, anxiety, stress and major life changes.
She uses Systemic thinking alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-focused ideas to help people understand relationships and patterns. Sessions are collaborative and practical, with space to talk through feelings and make sense of past experiences.
Background and approach
Nicola aims to create a calm, respectful atmosphere where the client’s perspective is central. She describes her work as trauma-informed and affirming of neurodiversity. The focus is on supporting autonomy and building on strengths already present.
Therapy may include noticing thought and behaviour patterns, exploring attachment and family influences, and identifying small changes that feel manageable. Nicola adapts the pace and approach to what each person finds helpful. Her practice supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship concerns, addiction issues, sleeping and eating difficulties, parenting strain, career doubts and compassion fatigue.
Nicola also works with matters such as adoption and foster care, aging issues, chronic illness and body image. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nicola lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nicola names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Nicola’s approaches work online
Systemic thinking looks at how relationships and patterns shape someone’s mood and behaviour. Online sessions can explore these links by mapping interactions and talking through family or social patterns that matter to the client.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that align with their values. It often includes simple exercises and small behaviour changes, which translate well to video or text formats for ongoing practice.
Attachment-based ideas focus on how early relationships influence current ways of connecting and feeling safe. In online sessions this can mean reflecting on relationship patterns and trying new ways of relating during real-life moments between appointments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicola collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs and preferences. Together they try techniques and adjust the plan as progress and circumstances evolve.
Online therapy offers practical benefits. Video calls let people work face-to-face without travel, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Nicola help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and major life changes. Additional areas include ADHD, addictions, relationship and family concerns, eating and sleeping issues, parenting strain, career worries and compassion fatigue.
What is Nicola’s therapeutic style like?
Nicola works collaboratively and adaptively, offering a calm and respectful space. She mixes systemic thinking, acceptance and commitment ideas and attachment-focused work to match each person’s needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working with people affected by grief, loss, trauma, anxiety and related issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
Nicola’s credential is NCPS and she practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so people can choose what suits them best.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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