Nicola Gilbert
About the Therapist
It’s 2a.m. and you’ve woken up again. You’re in pain, frustrated, angry, and feel totally alone. You want to talk with someone who won’t judge you but wonder how you could trust someone enough to do so. None of your friends understand. Anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loneliness all feel too familiar. I work with people who experience chronic illness (diagnosed and not) and who feel misunderstood and alone. I have a special interest in women’s health (endometriosis, fibroids and PCOS) and the impact of a health system that seems designed to not want to help. My training includes trauma-informed and body-based practices to enable exploration of experiences and understand how your experiences are impacting you. As a queer trainee psychotherapist living with invisible disabilities and long-term health conditions I know what it's like to feel different and physically and mentally drained by life. I welcome, and have experience working with, people of different cultures, ages, religions, genders, sexual orientations, and have experience working with ADHD.
I offer a 15 minute free consultation.
- Bi- | Pansexual
- Other
- Queer
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I have over 17 years experience working in wellbeing roles which led me to retrain as a therapist, work which I love. I have worked with clients for the last 2.5 years in settings including a Women's Centre and online counselling service. I'm currently completing my MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy.
As a trainee integrative psychotherapist, I adapt my approach according to the client. This includes supporting people who do not know what to say or how psychotherapy works. I use psychodynamic approaches to explore past experiences, somatic models to support emotional awareness and understanding of what clients are feeling in the present, and relational dynamics to help people understand where some of their reactions to themselves and other people originate. I utilise trauma-informed practices to enable exploration of traumatic experiences and anti-oppressive models to understand how trauma is impacted by sociocultural contexts.
- Attachment theory (Psychodynamic)
- Body psychotherapy
- Existential
- Feminist therapy
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Person-Centred
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Ace | Asexual
- Bi- | Pansexual
- Gay
- Intersex
- Lesbian
- Neurodivergent
- Non-binary | Genderqueer
- Queer
- Questioning
- One to one
- No adaptation
- Fully wheelchair-adapted
- Adults
- Seniors (60+)
- Online
- In Person
I offer a free 15 minute initial consultation then short or long term therapy for adults 18+. I work online across the UK and in person in Tooting Bec, London. I charge £65 per 50 minute session and have a limited number of sessions at £50 for students and people on low incomes. The room I work in on Wednesdays is fully wheelchair accessible.
