Nicola Bagust, BACP

Nicola Bagust is a UK-based counsellor with seven years of professional experience supporting people through relationship challenges, grief and loss, low self-esteem, depression, and the effects of addiction. She brings a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate approach to each conversation and adapts her methods to meet the specific circumstances and goals of every client.

Holding BACP accreditation - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a recognised UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists - Nicola focuses on creating a tailored treatment plan that reflects an individual’s needs. She works with issues that include trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, coping with life changes, and motivation and confidence building.

Nicola views the decision to seek help as a courageous first step toward a more fulfilling life and aims to provide practical support and empowerment throughout the therapeutic journey. She emphasises collaborative dialogue and will shape sessions around what will best support progress and well-being for each person she works with.

Evidence-Based Approaches Delivered Online

Nicola works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that are practical and focused on real-life change. One approach emphasises skills-based work that helps people identify unhelpful patterns in thinking and behaviour, and builds new strategies for coping with depression, low self-esteem, and motivation challenges. Another approach focuses on exploring emotional responses and relational patterns, offering space to process grief, trauma, intimacy-related concerns, and the impact of addiction on relationships.

Finding the right way forward is treated as a collaborative process. Nicola will work with each client to identify which techniques best suit their needs, goals, and personal preferences, adjusting the plan over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, or through live chat and text-based messaging - making it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access support from home. For many people, this range of options improves consistency of care and helps maintain momentum between sessions when addressing relationship, grief, or life-change issues.