- Attachment-based
- Client-centred
- CBT methods
About Lucy
Lucy Nicolaysen is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with six years of experience. She works with people who are struggling with relationships, family conflict, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression and feelings of guilt and shame.
Lucy offers a conversational, client-centred way of working. She listens to what is distressing you and helps you talk through the memories, emotions and behaviours that keep you stuck. Sessions are a place to describe what has happened and how it feels now, and to begin to make sense of those experiences.
She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Cognitive behavioural approaches are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try practical alternatives. Trauma-focused work is used where past events continue to cause panic, flashbacks or deep shame.
Clients often bring worries about intimacy, parenting, grief, anger, sexual abuse, or fertility and body image concerns. Lucy also supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, addiction, ADHD and midlife questions. She mentions abandonment, control issues and forgiveness as recurring themes in her work.
Her sessions aim to reduce the sense of overwhelming stuckness and to change the way someone relates to themselves. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then book a first session to see how they prefer to work.
How her approaches translate to online work
Lucy uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. This approach helps when intimacy, abandonment or communication problems are a concern and it focuses on how connections shape emotion and behaviour.She also uses client-centred methods that prioritise listening and following what matters most to the person. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical alternatives, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and intrusive shame-based thinking.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals, preferences and the issues you bring, and then suggest which methods to try first. That decision is revisited as therapy progresses so the work can be adjusted to what helps most.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare or travel. They can also allow for shorter check-ins, phone-only meetings when bandwidth is low, or video calls when visual contact helps the work. Registered or accredited professionals aim to make sessions practical and manageable within everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
She works with relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, addictions and issues around guilt and shame.
How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
She uses a client-centred conversation to help you describe the shame or guilt, then draws on attachment and trauma-focused ideas to understand its roots and CBT to test unhelpful thoughts.
What experience does she have?
She has six years of practice working with people on issues such as panic attacks, sexual abuse, low self-esteem and overwhelming hopelessness.
What are her professional credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with people outside the UK?
International clients are accepted.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try therapy with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.