Nicola Gilbert

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

As a queer woman 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. Tired of not being believed, of not being heard. You might feel scared, alone, and like no-one understands. Maybe you feel like you’re in a world not designed for you. Perhaps you're struggling to eat, can’t sleep, maybe you keep thinking or remembering things over and over and can’t get them out of your head. I can help you rebuild your confidence, work on your relationships, and find a new life that works for you.

My training includes trauma-informed and body-based practices to enable exploration of experiences and understand how your experiences are impacting you. 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.

Sexual identity:

Bi- | Pansexual
Other
Queer

Gender identity: Female

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Non-monogamy: No

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: No

Personal pronouns: She/her

Qualifications - Links to websites:

Nicola Gilbert Psychotherapy

Qualifications - Additional:

Award	Awarding body	Year of award

Experience and approach:

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 services. 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.

Approaches:

Attachment theory (Psychodynamic)
Body psychotherapy
Existential
Feminist therapy
Humanistic
Integrative
Interpersonal
Person-Centred
Psychodynamic
Relational

Marginalised groups:

Ace | Asexual
Bi- | Pansexual
Gay
Intersex
Lesbian
Neurodivergent
Non-binary | Genderqueer
Queer
Questioning

Relationship styles:

One to one

Access:

No adaptation
Fully wheelchair-adapted

Age ranges:

Adults
Seniors (60+)

Online status:

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.

239a Balham High Road, Tooting, London SW17 7BE, United Kingdom

Email: nicolagilbertpsychotherapy@outlook.com

Website:

https://www.nicolagilbertpsychotherapy.co.uk/