Nicholas Ashley, BACP
7 years in practice
Nicholas Ashley is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with seven years of professional experience.
License and registration
- BACP
- 276003 · expires May 2026
- Years in practice
- 7
- 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 Nicholas
Nicholas Ashley is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with seven years of professional experience. He focuses on helping people facing relationship strain, grief, trauma, anxiety and depression. He creates space for honest conversation and offers calm, steady support while people sort through difficult feelings.
Nicholas aims to make sessions straightforward and practical. He listens first, then works with each person to set clear goals. Therapy may include talking through painful memories, learning new ways to manage stress, or building skills to handle mood swings and addiction triggers.
Background and approach
He draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how emotions shape relationships and inner experience. He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses. These methods are tools he adapts to what a person needs in the moment.
Many clients come with complex or overlapping concerns, such as parenting stress, body image, neurodiversity, chronic illness or caring responsibilities. Nicholas works with these topics in simple, practical terms rather than jargon, and tailors the pace to what feels manageable. Sessions can be held by phone, video call, live chat or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
He supports clients who identify as LGBT and those coping with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues among other areas of focus. Taking the first step often feels hard. Nicholas offers friendly guidance and steady listening to help people make changes at a pace that suits them.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nicholas lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- 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
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- 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
- Men's issues
- 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
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nicholas names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
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 therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and how they shape reactions and relationships. Online EFT helps people notice and name feelings, then try new ways of responding to themselves and others. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing difficult thoughts and choosing actions that reflect personal values; it can help with anxiety, depression and life changes by teaching practical exercises to try between sessions.The best approach is often found together. Nicholas will work collaboratively to weigh different methods and choose what matches a person's needs and goals. That might mean combining emotion-focused work with ACT exercises or using client-centred listening alongside practical cognitive tools. The plan can change as progress unfolds.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help, while phone sessions suit lower bandwidth or shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy around work or caregiving and can support ongoing reflection between formal sessions. Registered and accredited professionals use these formats to keep therapy accessible for people in different situations.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of issues does Nicholas help with?
He supports people with relationship problems, grief, trauma, anxiety, depression and addictions, among other concerns listed on his profile.
What is his style in sessions?
He aims for an open, non-judgemental space and focuses on listening first, then working collaboratively to set goals and try practical steps.
How much experience does he have?
He has seven years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work?
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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