Nicola Mansell

Current working hours:

Mondays - 10:00 - 16:00

Tuesdays - 10:00 - 17:00

Fridays - 13:00 - 18:00

Saturdays - available on request.

I will be on leave from 1st to 23rd August 2026, and 6th to 10th September 2026

I work integratively, with a person-centred approach, helping my clients to overcome the many challenges they face in day-to-day life. I have a focus on supporting the disabled and chronic illness communities with overcoming the difficulties these issues bring, including the grief for the life imagined compared to their reality, and trauma from medical settings. I currently work online via the video conferencing software Zoom, but am hoping to secure a fully wheelchair accessible therapy room in the near future to enable in person sessions.

My practice is currently fully online but will be moving to hybrid once suitable premises have been secured. Updates will be provided as I have them.

I am happy to work short term and longer term. My usual process is for an initial 6 weekly sessions and then review how the work is going and what the client wants to do moving forward and creating an appropriate plan. To help keep track of progress made, I use a questionnaire called the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale at 4 weekly intervals as this helps to give a visual feedback to the client. 

I offer a 15 minute free telephone consultation prior to booking in the first session to discuss what the client needs and ensure I am able to provide that for them.

The first session will be spent talking through the contract for counselling, completing the initial Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale questionnaire and getting some background on what brings the client to counselling so that we can then get into the work in the second session.