Nicholas Vinyard

Are you struggling with issues related to addiction, anxiety or depression? Finding it hard to cope with major life changes? There comes a time when help is needed from a certified professional. I’m a qualified counsellor working in the Bishops Stortford area, and I’m here to support you on your journey toward healing, change, growth and recovery.

I offer a range of evidence-based treatments, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), and more. I work in a pluralistic way, which means I draw on a wide range of methods, to best meet an individual clients needs.

I specialise in treatment for and recovery from addiction, having spent many years working as a front-line drugs and alcohol counsellor within a residential rehabilitation clinic.

I am also an effective therapist and counsellor for anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, family issues, trauma, ADHD, lack of confidence, bereavement, social phobia, stress, compulsive and obsessive behaviours, OCD, life transitions, relationship issues and co-dependency.

You can expect a warm and friendly approach, I will seek to understand what it is that you hope to achieve from counselling and we will work together to have the best chance of achieving that. Therapy is a healing process that requires work by both the client and counsellor, but I know through experience that when these relationships work well, healing takes place and positive change is born, clients are empowered and lives are changed for the better.​

Contact me using the email form, calling or messaging. If you would like me to call you, let me know what times work. I can normally offer an assessment session within a few days.

There is a solution. You can be free of your addiction, and you can live a happy, joyous, and free life; you do not have to live this way anymore; there is a proven and tested way out. 

Through my own recovery journey and personal life challenges I became involved in healing and recovery communities and set out on a path that would ultimately change my life in ways that I could not have believed possible. Through finding the right healing relationships, the right support and accepting the help on offer, I changed, and changed for the better, and so today, I am working to help others find recovery for themselves.​

Substance addiction and addictive behaviours include alcohol, drugs (illegal and prescription), gambling, work, relationships, exercise, sex, pornography, social media, OCD, gaming, shopping, food and eating, the list could go on, whatever it is you do more of than you would like to be doing and is causing you distress or problems in your life, I can offer help.

Addiction counselling involves treating the mind, body, and spirit. It is a holistic approach that can be directional, challenging, and instructive but can equally be empathic, relational, and compassionate. Firstly, I assist my clients to understand and hopefully accept their illness, before moving to the effective treatment that is available to them. Then, if they genuinely desire to be free and can be open, honest, and willing to recover, there is a solution.

I believe each person has their own inherent resources and potential for change and growth. A good counselling relationship helps to activate that potential by the counsellor and client working together. I take a relational approach to my work, which means we might talk about what is happening in the relationship between us (client and counsellor) as this can often provide useful information.

I recognise it may be important for you to see a counsellor quickly. I can usually arrange our first session within a week of you contacting me. I will offer an initial consultation so that you can find out if counselling is for you, I understand that scheduling can be hard sometimes – so I offer sessions on weekends and evenings.

First Session

What to expect.....

Every first session is different, but here are some ideas of what to expect when we first meet.

My priority is to welcome you and invite you to talk a bit about what is going on in your life and what brings you to counselling.

We're likely to discuss what you hope to get from counselling.

I will say a bit about how I work and answer questions you may have.

As part of my commitment to practising ethically I will need to assess my suitability to work with you. You will not have to decide whether or not you want to go ahead with counselling right away. I will ask you to get in touch with me once you have had time to reflect on the first session.

Covering Bishops Stortford, Great Dunmow, Saffron Walden, Ware, Buntingford, Harlow, Sawbridgeworth, and all surrounding areas.

'There is a solution. You can be free of your addiction, and you can live a happy, joyous, and free life; you do not have to live this way anymore; there is a proven and tested way out'.

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Keywords : alcoholism, drug addiction, alcoholic, alcohol, drugs, drinking, drink problem, drug problem, alcoholism, drug addiction, alcoholic, alcohol, drugs, drinking, drink problem, drug problem, generalised anxiety disorder, feeling sad, family issues, trauma, affairs and betrayals, cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, bipolar disorder, separation and divorce, adhd, sexual abuse, person-centred therapy, addiction, addiction, loneliness, emotional abuse, suicidal thoughts, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), anger management, obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd), emdr, integrative, work-related stress, eating disorders, borderline personality disorder, psychoanalytical and psychodynamic, alcoholism, sex problems, abuse, binge-eating disorder, health anxiety, addiction(s), self-harm, sexuality, attachment disorder, drug addiction, gambling, sex addiction, alcoholism, hoarding, gambling, smoking

Are you struggling with issues related to addiction, anxiety or depression? Finding it hard to cope with major life changes? There comes a time when help is needed from a certified professional. I’m a qualified counsellor working in the Bishops Stortford area, and I’m here to support you on your journey toward healing, change, growth and recovery.

I offer a range of evidence-based treatments, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), and more. I work in a pluralistic way, which means I draw on a wide range of methods, to best meet an individual clients needs. 

I specialise in treatment for and recovery from addiction, having spent many years working as a front-line drugs and alcohol counsellor within a residential rehabilitation clinic. 

I am also an effective therapist and counsellor for anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, family issues, trauma, ADHD, lack of confidence, bereavement, social phobia, stress, compulsive and obsessive behaviours, OCD, life transitions, relationship issues and co-dependency.

You can expect a warm and friendly approach, I will seek to understand what it is that you hope to achieve from counselling and we will work together to have the best chance of achieving that. Therapy is a healing process that requires work by both the client and counsellor, but I know through experience that when these relationships work well, healing takes place and positive change is born, clients are empowered and lives are changed for the better.​

Contact me using the email form, calling or messaging. If you would like me to call you, let me know what times work. I can normally offer an assessment session within a few days.

There is a solution. You can be free of your addiction, and you can live a happy, joyous, and free life; you do not have to live this way anymore; there is a proven and tested way out.   

Through my own recovery journey and personal life challenges I became involved in healing and recovery communities and set out on a path that would ultimately change my life in ways that I could not have believed possible. Through finding the right healing relationships, the right support and accepting the help on offer, I changed, and changed for the better, and so today, I am working to help others find recovery for themselves.​

Substance addiction and addictive behaviours include alcohol, drugs (illegal and prescription), gambling, work, relationships, exercise, sex, pornography, social media, OCD, gaming, shopping, food and eating, the list could go on, whatever it is you do more of than you would like to be doing and is causing you distress or problems in your life, I can offer help.

Addiction counselling involves treating the mind, body, and spirit. It is a holistic approach that can be directional, challenging, and instructive but can equally be empathic, relational, and compassionate. Firstly, I assist my clients to understand and hopefully accept their illness, before moving to the effective treatment that is available to them. Then, if they genuinely desire to be free and can be open, honest, and willing to recover, there is a solution.

I believe each person has their own inherent resources and potential for change and growth. A good counselling relationship helps to activate that potential by the counsellor and client working together. I take a relational approach to my work, which means we might talk about what is happening in the relationship between us (client and counsellor) as this can often provide useful information.

I recognise it may be important for you to see a counsellor quickly. I can usually arrange our first session within a week of you contacting me. I will offer an initial consultation so that you can find out if counselling is for you, I understand that scheduling can be hard sometimes – so I offer sessions on weekends and evenings.

First Session

What to expect.....

Every first session is different, but here are some ideas of what to expect when we first meet.

My priority is to welcome you and invite you to talk a bit about what is going on in your life and what brings you to counselling.

We're likely to discuss what you hope to get from counselling.

I will say a bit about how I work and answer questions you may have.

As part of my commitment to practising ethically I will need to assess my suitability to work with you. You will not have to decide whether or not you want to go ahead with counselling right away. I will ask you to get in touch with me once you have had time to reflect on the first session.

Covering Bishops Stortford, Great Dunmow, Saffron Walden, Ware, Buntingford, Harlow, Sawbridgeworth, and all surrounding areas.

'There is a solution. You can be free of your addiction, and you can live a happy, joyous, and free life; you do not have to live this way anymore; there is a proven and tested way out'.

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Keywords : alcoholism, drug addiction, alcoholic, alcohol, drugs, drinking, drink problem, drug problem, alcoholism, drug addiction, alcoholic, alcohol, drugs, drinking, drink problem, drug problem, generalised anxiety disorder, feeling sad, family issues, trauma, affairs and betrayals, cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, bipolar disorder, separation and divorce, adhd, sexual abuse, person-centred therapy, addiction, addiction, loneliness, emotional abuse, suicidal thoughts, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), anger management, obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd), emdr, integrative, work-related stress, eating disorders, borderline personality disorder, psychoanalytical and psychodynamic, alcoholism, sex problems, abuse, binge-eating disorder, health anxiety, addiction(s), self-harm, sexuality, attachment disorder, drug addiction, gambling, sex addiction, alcoholism, hoarding, gambling, smoking.