Nicholas Ashley, BACP
Nicholas Ashley is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with seven years of professional experience.
About Nicholas
Nicholas Ashley is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with seven years of professional experience. He offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about difficult feelings and life events. He aims to help clients take practical steps toward a more fulfilling life.
Nicholas supports conversations about identity, relationships and past trauma. He helps people work through grief, depression, anxiety and stress. He also supports those facing addiction, bipolar mood issues, and struggles with sleep, eating or self-esteem.
Background and approach
Parenting pressures, career uncertainty and compassion fatigue are all within his scope of practice. Nicholas also works with people around ADHD, attachment concerns and complex family histories such as adoption and foster care. Nicholas uses approaches that focus on values, relationships and skills.
He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Sessions look at what matters to the person and build practical ways to manage thoughts and feelings. People can expect straightforward, paced conversations and collaborative goal-setting.
Nicholas aims to help clients notice patterns, try new responses and build resilience over time. He keeps language simple and uses exercises that can be practised between meetings. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients.
He is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. To start, a short matching questionnaire helps pair someone with his practice and scheduling is arranged afterwards.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 276003 | May 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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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 counselling
- 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
Ways of working Nicholas names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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 counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Approach and online support that fits your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps towards those values, even when difficult thoughts appear. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how important relationships and early experiences shape current patterns and helps people try new ways of relating. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and empathy so the person can find their own solutions and feel heard.Nicholas works collaboratively to find the best approach for each person. He will talk through preferences, goals and the kinds of problems someone wants to tackle. Together they decide whether to emphasise values work, relationship patterns, skills training or a mix of methods based on what feels most helpful.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow a fuller face-to-face feel while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging work well for quick updates, steady contact between meetings or when writing things out helps. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family or travel and to keep momentum between sessions.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Nicholas support?
Nicholas helps people with issues such as LGBT-related concerns, relationships, trauma and grief. He also works with anxiety, depression, stress, addictions and a wide range of life changes.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
His style is calm and non-judgemental with a practical focus. He listens closely, sets collaborative goals and offers exercises to use between sessions.
What background and experience does he have?
He has seven years of professional experience working with people on emotional and relational issues. That experience includes supporting recovery from trauma and coping with grief.
Is he registered with any professional body and where is he based?
He is listed 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?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started with Nicholas?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to his availability.
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