Nichola McDonald, BACP
4 years in practice
Nichola McDonald is a counsellor who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other humanistic approaches.
License and registration
- BACP
- 394145 · expires April 2026
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
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About Nichola
Nichola McDonald is a counsellor who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other humanistic approaches. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about stress, grief, low self-esteem and life changes. Nichola holds BACP accreditation and has four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
Her practice blends emotion-focused work with acceptance and commitment ideas and attachment-informed thinking. Sessions focus on naming feelings, noticing patterns in relationships and trying small experiments to change unhelpful habits.
Background and approach
She uses practical exercises as well as talking to help people find clearer priorities and better daily coping methods. Clients often bring concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, relationship strain, or difficulties with sleep and eating. Nichola also supports people dealing with caregiving stress, chronic health issues, identity questions and career pressure.
She writes plans together with each person so goals are clear and realistic. Therapy can include reflective conversation, breath and grounding techniques, and structured exercises drawn from cognitive behavioural approaches. The emphasis is on steady, manageable change rather than quick fixes.
Progress is reviewed regularly and adjusted to fit each person's life and needs. Sessions are offered online by video, phone or text-based methods and can fit different schedules. To start, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are arranged from there.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nichola lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- 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
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Nichola names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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 emotion-focused and online work come together
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and work with strong emotions to change relationship patterns and find new ways of responding. It is useful for worries rooted in attachment, loss or recurring emotional reactions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and to choose actions that match personal values; it can help with anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people form healthier ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is often part of the therapy itself. The counsellor will work collaboratively to test what helps most, tailoring sessions to your goals and daily life. Clients and therapist review progress and adapt methods as needed so the work fits over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit appointments around work, caregiving or travel while keeping the focus on emotional change and practical coping.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and life changes, plus issues like trauma, addiction, sleep or eating concerns and relationship strain.
How would you describe the therapy style?
The approach centres on Emotionally-Focused Therapy with influences from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-informed work, emphasising emotions, values and relationship patterns.
What experience does the counsellor have?
She has four years of professional experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Appointments can be by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with this counsellor?
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