Alison Nicholson

Please get in contact to discuss availability. I work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday offering both online and in person sessions over these days.

I am an experienced Integrative Counsellor. I offer open ended therapy which allows you to decide how many counselling sessions you feel you would like or need to have. This can be reviewed at anytime. We will work together to find a focus and goal for our sessions and I will help you to achieve this. I work with a range of problems including; trauma, abuse, self esteem, relationship breakdown, bereavement, burnout, stress, anxiety, depression, issues around faith and spirituality, long term illness and more. 

I work with a Person Centred approach which aims to allow you to grow and learn through your experiences in life. I will offer you time, space and relationship to explore your experiences and feelings in order to achieve your goals. I believe it is important to provide clients with tools to take away from our time together so there is often an element of psycho-education in sessions as well as reflecting on why we might find ourselves repeating patterns over and again in life. My aim is always to help you leave counselling understanding yourself more fully and feeling better equipped to face future challenges with more confidence and self awareness. 

In the first session you will have time and space to talk with me about your reasons for seeking out support including any aims or goals you might have for therapy. I will ask you a range of questions about yourself and we will begin to explore how we might work together. I will share some information with you about how I work and what you can expect from me regarding our work. We will look through a contract together and discuss future sessions.