Nicholas Ashley, BACP
7 years in practice
Nicholas Ashley is a counsellor practising 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 practising in the United Kingdom with seven years of professional experience. He supports people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and a range of mood and stress concerns. Nicholas focuses on helping individuals feel heard and understood as they take steps towards change.
He aims to make sessions feel straightforward and calm. Nicholas creates a welcoming space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken about without fear of judgement.
Background and approach
He works at a pace set by the person in front of him and uses practical tools that clients can try between meetings. Nicholas draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-informed work and cognitive behavioural methods to meet different needs. He adapts these to the issue being discussed, whether that is anxiety, addiction-related struggles, or low mood.
Conversations are grounded and aimed at making small, manageable changes. People bring many kinds of concerns, including questions about identity, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, and work or career stress. He also supports people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver stress and complex life transitions.
Nicholas pays attention to how patterns from the past affect present choices and relationships. Nicholas is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
He aims to guide each person toward clearer goals and practical ways to cope day to day.
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
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then act in ways that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, focuses on spotting patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going and practising new ways of responding to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.Nicholas approaches therapy as a collaboration. He discusses different methods with each person and together they choose what fits best for the problem at hand, goals and personal preferences. This means the approach can shift over time if something else seems more useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or for a mid-day check-in, and text or chat is useful for brief updates or steady, ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments and travel while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of issues can be discussed?
Nicholas supports people with a wide range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related problems, addictions, ADHD and work or career stress.
How would you describe his therapy style?
He keeps sessions straightforward and calm, creating a non-judgemental space and using practical tools people can try between meetings.
What is his professional background?
He has seven years of professional work experience helping people with issues including LGBT concerns, trauma, relationships and grief.
Which credential does he hold and where does he work?
Nicholas is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and payments arranged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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