Lucy Nicolaysen, BACP

6 years in practice

Lucy Nicolaysen is a counsellor who works from a systemic perspective.

License and registration

BACP: 395511 · expires March 2026
Years in practice: 6
Languages: English

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About Lucy

Lucy Nicolaysen is a counsellor who works from a systemic perspective. She focuses on how relationships and family patterns affect how people think, feel and cope. Lucy aims to build a calm, trusting space where someone can talk through what is distressing them and begin to feel less stuck.

She believes speaking about painful experiences often starts the healing. Sessions are an opportunity to describe what has happened and how it feels now.

Background and approach

That conversation can bring practical insight and a sense of relief as patterns become clearer. Lucy uses approaches that include attachment-based work and client-centred methods. She blends thinking-focused tools like cognitive behavioural ideas with trauma-informed attention when needed.

The style is straightforward and paced to what each person finds helpful. Common topics she addresses include relationship and family conflict, trauma and abuse, anxiety and panic, depression, grief and loneliness. She also supports people with stress, low self-esteem, issues around intimacy, addictions and sleep or eating concerns.

Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment issues, communication problems, chronic illness and caregiver stress. Lucy is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, holds six years of clinical experience and works with people across the United Kingdom. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

The emphasis is on listening first, then working together to find workable paths forward.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Lucy names

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Online support

Working systemically online and finding the right approach

Lucy combines Systemic Therapy with Attachment-Based and Client-Centred approaches to help people understand patterns in relationships and how those patterns affect daily life. Systemic Therapy looks at the ways family and relationship dynamics shape feelings and behaviour, and is helpful for issues like communication problems, separation and recurring conflict. Attachment-Based work focuses on early bonds and how they influence trust, intimacy and self-worth, which can be useful when addressing abandonment, attachment issues and relationship anxiety. Client-Centred therapy creates a supportive, non-judgemental space where a person sets the pace and priorities for their sessions and feels heard.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of therapy. Lucy works collaboratively to identify what fits best with a person’s goals, needs and preferences. She will check in regularly and adapt methods as the work progresses so the plan stays relevant and practical.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow visual connection for relationship and attachment work. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection or times when typing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel while keeping a steady therapeutic process.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Lucy commonly address?

She helps people with relationship and family conflict, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, grief and loneliness, plus issues such as self-esteem, intimacy, addiction, sleep and eating problems.

What is Lucy's therapeutic style like?

Her approach is warm and straightforward. She listens first, then uses systemic, attachment-based and client-centred ideas alongside cognitive tools when helpful.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Lucy has six years of experience working with a variety of concerns and life changes.

What credentials and location does she hold?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

International clients are accepted and can arrange sessions from other countries.

What formats are available for therapy sessions?

Sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How do fees and starting therapy work?

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