Nicola Murray , BACP

Nicola Murray works with adults who feel overwhelmed, anxious, or unsure of their next steps, offering practical tools to manage life’s challenges and reconnect with a more authentic sense of self. With initial training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and experience drawing on a range of therapeutic methods, she collaborates with clients to identify approaches that best fit their needs and goals. Nicola is a member of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which reflects her engagement with professional practice standards.

Her areas of interest include intimacy and relationship difficulties, anger and trust issues, anxiety, ADHD, and OCD, and she brings focused experience helping couples who feel stuck or who repeat unhelpful patterns. In couples work she uses structured techniques for communication and emotional regulation, alongside step-by-step strategies to address mismatched needs, unmet desires, and recurring arguments, all aimed at repair and reconnection. Nicola adapts methods to each person and relationship, working toward clearer communication, improved connection, and more manageable day-to-day coping.

Therapeutic approaches and online support for relationship and anxiety work

Nicola draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and to develop practical skills for managing symptoms such as anxiety, low mood, or problematic habits. CBT is focused and problem-oriented, often useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with day-to-day difficulties.

Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore how early relationship patterns affect current intimacy and trust. This approach can help people and couples understand emotional needs, repair attachment wounds, and create healthier ways of relating to others.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Nicola works collaboratively with each person or couple to determine which methods fit best with their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts techniques over time in response to progress and feedback. Licensed professionals and therapists often combine approaches to tailor care, and Nicola takes a similar, client-focused stance.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage in this work - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to schedule sessions around life commitments and access help from different locations. These options support ongoing momentum in therapy and allow people to choose formats that feel most comfortable and convenient for them.