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Many of us can benefit from the understanding and support of a skilled and reliable person at challenging times in our lives. This support can help us make sense of some of our thoughts, feelings and behaviours. I believe the overall aim of therapy is to provide people with space to talk and reflect on issues in their life that feel important, and also ones that are possibly causing distress. I see my role as a therapist as building trusting and effective working relationships with people and providing a safe environment where they can gain further awareness, alongside exploring ways in which they can better cope or manage.
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The number of people accessing talking therapies for conditions such as anxiety and depression through the NHS increased by 21.5% from 2020-21 to 2021-22.
NHS England 2023
One in four people will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives.
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Patients with severe depression benefit as much from psychological therapy as they do from pills.
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If you choose to work with me, we’d arrange to meet at a convenient time for our first session. We would sensitively explore your issue or problem based on my experience and also your knowledge of yourself. We would then discuss and decide how best that we could work together. During these early stages we would typically agree on what you wished to gain from of our sessions and what you require from me.
Hello and welcome to my website. My name is Jamie Nicol, I am a qualified, accredited and experienced therapist offering a confidential and professional service to individuals of all ages in Stafford and surrounding areas. I hold a fully enhanced DBS clearance certificate (formerly known as CRB) and am a recognised practitioner with BUPA and other major healthcare insurance companies.
My work with people can be either short or long-term depending on what best suits a person’s individual need. I provide a variety of therapies including Counselling, CBT and EMDR. Please click on the tab ‘Services’ for brief descriptions of how I provide these services. I work with individuals who are experiencing issues relating to depression, health, low self-esteem, work related stress, anxiety, abuse, anger, trauma, sexuality, bereavement and loss and many other problem areas (please see the list below). I also work with individuals who are experiencing relationship difficulties perhaps as a result of the issues mentioned.
I consider myself to be a grounded practitioner who respects peoples’ values, culture, existing skills and autonomy. I also firmly believe that we are all capable of making productive changes when we are ready and able.
Areas I Work With
- Abuse
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging
- Agrophobia
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Assertiveness
- Attachment
- Autism
- Bereavement and Loss
- Bullying
- Cancer
- Childhood Issues
- Domestic Violence
- Depression
- Discrimination
- EMDR
- Faith / Belief Issues
- Fertility Issues
- Gambling
- Guilt
- Health Issues
- Infidelity / Affairs
- Impotency
- Insomnia
- Lack of Direction
- Life Changing Experiences
- LGBTQ+ Issues
- Low Mood
- Low Self Esteem
- Managing Change
- Menopause
- Mid-Life Crisis
- Mindfulness
- Military Veterans
- Neurodivergence
- OCD
- Miscarriage / Still Birth
- Panic Attacks
- Phobias
- Recovery
- Relaxation
- Relationship Breakdown
- Relationship Problems
- Road Traffic Accidents
- Sexuality
- Sexual Addiction
- Sense of Failure
- Shame
- Spirituality
- Social Anxiety
- Stress
- Substance Misuse
- Suicidal Thoughts or Planning
- Trauma
- Unexplained / Paranormal
- Work Related Stress
- Worry
- Other Presenting Issues
I work both remotely and from an office base in Stafford.
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Location
Stafford
My office is located to the east of Stafford on the Weston Road (Beaconside) within the site of what used to be Staffordshire University. It is now known as Beacon Business Village.
“I prefer to think of my patients and myself as fellow travellers, a term that abolishes distinctions between ‘them’ (the afflicted) and ‘us’ (the healers). … We are all in this together, and there is no therapist and no person immune to the inherent tragedies of existence.” – Irvin Yalom.