Yuliia Nicholls , BACP

Yuliia Nicholls is a UK-based psychodynamic counsellor with five years of professional experience and membership of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). She works with adult clients in English, Ukrainian, and Russian, and brings a genuine commitment to supporting people through difficult transitions and emotional challenges.

She creates a warm, non-judgemental, and accepting space where clients can explore current circumstances and past experiences. Her psychodynamic orientation helps uncover underlying patterns and sources of distress so clients can make sense of their struggles and identify ways to move forward. She emphasizes the client as the expert of their own story and looks to build on existing strengths during the therapeutic process.

Nicholls has a particular professional interest in childhood trauma, war-related trauma, veterans' mental health, bereavement, culture shock, and psychological issues connected to migration. She also has experience supporting people with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, loneliness, perfectionism, separation and divorce, attachment difficulties, family conflicts, and career concerns.

Working with Nicholls involves compassionate listening, reflective exploration, and collaborative goal-setting aimed at increasing awareness and finding practical steps for change. She recognises that beginning therapy takes courage and values each person who chooses to take that step.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Psychodynamic therapy focuses on understanding how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape present behaviour and emotions. By exploring early relationships and recurring themes, this approach can help people gain insight into problems such as attachment difficulties, relationship struggles, and long-standing emotional pain.

Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on processing traumatic memories and reducing their ongoing impact. It offers structured ways to address reactions to childhood trauma, war-related events, and post-traumatic stress symptoms, helping clients work through intense memories and their effects on daily life.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathetic listening, acceptance, and the client's own capacity for growth. This approach supports self-esteem, self-exploration, and personal decision-making by creating a respectful, collaborative therapeutic relationship.

Deciding which approach fits best is part of the therapeutic work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, preferences, and practical needs, and will adapt methods to suit those priorities.

Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for people with busy schedules, mobility limits, or geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain regular sessions and to access licensed professionals and therapists from familiar environments.