Nichola Jean Psychotherapy
COUNSELLor & COACH: online and IN Plymouth
Anxiety & Stress Workshop
Do you suffer from anxiety, stress or feelings you don't know how to cope with or change?
Do you want to learn how to manage your symptoms of anxiety & stress?
Would you like your mind and body to work together so you feel more in control?
If any of these questions resonate with you, you're not alone - and you're in the right place.
Life can feel overwhelming when your thoughts and emotions seem out of your control, or when stress shows up in your body in ways you can’t quite explain.
Through a supportive blend of somatic relaxation and psych-education, I can help you better understand your experiences, calm your nervous system, and build the tools you need to navigate life with more clarity, resilience, and self-trust.
Together, we’ll help your mind and body reconnect so you can feel more grounded, present, and in control.
One hour per week | 4 Individual sessions
A supportive and practical journey to help you better understand anxiety and stress - how they affect your brain and body - and learn how to work with yourself, not against yourself. Each session includes gentle psych-education, somatic awareness, and guided relaxation or mental imagery to support insight, integration, and change.
🧠 Week 1: How Your Brain and Body Respond to Anxiety & Stress
- Understand the nervous system, fight/flight/freeze responses, and the mind-body connection
- Learn the role of the amygdala, prefrontal cortex, and body memory in anxiety
- Guided mental imagery: Relaxation + positive affirmation
🪞 Week 2: Emotional Awareness, Beliefs & Expectations
- Develop self-awareness and emotional literacy
- Explore how beliefs and internal narratives shape experience
- Learn to identify and shift unhelpful expectations
- Guided mental imagery: Goal achievement reinforcement
🧠 Week 3: Mindset, Thought Patterns & Behaviour
- Understand how thoughts influence emotions and behaviour
- Learn tools to challenge negative thinking and cultivate a more balanced mindset
- Guided mental imagery: Supporting sustained change
🌿 Week 4: Integration & Moving Forward
- Review insights and skills gained over the programme
- Explore how to stay grounded and maintain change
- Guided mental imagery: Positive reinforcement of present and future self
I offer you my expertise, confidentiality and genuine empathy to help you find a path that truly suits your lifestyle and personality....
Give yourself the permission and time to understand the language of your emotions and the story you are telling yourself.
When you begin to listen with compassion you can start to rewrite that story and free yourself from anxiety and stress - creating space to be more present, calm, confident, and clear.
FEES & HOW TO JOIN IN
Groups:
Looking for a more relaxed, supportive way to explore wellbeing, stress relief, or personal growth? Why not gather a small group of friends, family, neighbours, or colleagues and book a group session together?
These sessions are designed to be both insightful and empowering - offering the chance to explore your emotional wellbeing while being supported by the people you know and trust.
You'll gain tools, insights, and techniques that help you feel more calm, connected, and in control - and the group setting means the support continues well beyond the session.
✨ How It Works:
- Group size: minimum of 4, maximum of 6 people
- I come to your home or workplace (Plymouth area — travel outside Plymouth available at additional cost)
- We can also work online via Zoom or Microsoft Teams
- Each session is tailored to the group’s needs
- Bonus: If you bring a full group of 6, the host attends for free!
👥 Ideal for:
- Friends wanting to explore stress or anxiety support together
- Workplace wellbeing or staff team-building
- Parents, carers, or community groups
- Small groups of teens (see below)
💼 Corporate Discounts Available
- Ask about discounts for multiple workplace bookings.
🧑🤝🧑 Working with Teens
- I also offer adapted group sessions specifically for young people—supportive, age-appropriate, and focused on emotional awareness, self-esteem, and stress management.
only £80 per person - Get in touch to learn more
One-to-One Sessions: Flexible and Tailored to You
If you prefer a more private setting, I offer bespoke 1:1 sessions that can take place online via Zoom, face-to-face in my therapy room, or even in the comfort of your own home.
Each session follows the structure outlined above, with the added flexibility to focus specifically on any emotional, behavioural, or cognitive challenges you’re facing —whether these relate to past experiences, future worries, or present-day difficulties.
✨ How It Works:
- I come to your home or workplace (Plymouth area — travel outside Plymouth available at additional cost)
- Face-to-face sessions can also take place in my private therapy room.
💼 Corporate Discounts Available
- Ask about discounts for multiple workplace bookings.
🧑🤝🧑 Working with Teens
- I also offer adapted sessions specifically for young people — supportive, age-appropriate, and focused on emotional awareness, self-esteem, and stress management.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT YOU’VE ALREADY TAKEN THE FIRST STEP...
Making the decision to reach out to a counsellor can feel scary and confusing. Yet, in my experience, many people struggle alone with mental health challenges, wellbeing concerns, personal crises, or relationship difficulties far longer than is healthy.
While friends can often offer comfort and support, sometimes that help only takes you so far. Recognising that you need something more - and being willing to seek it - is actually a powerful and important first step toward healing, growth, and reducing anxiety.
You don’t have to face these challenges alone. Seeking support is a courageous act of self-care and strength. Together, we can create a safe space where you feel heard and understood. I will guide you to live your life in the present on a path of your choosing.
Whether you’re looking to manage anxiety, work through difficult emotions, or simply find greater balance in your life, I’m here to support you every step of the way.
When you’re ready, I’m ready to listen.
CONTACT ME
Please get in touch to arrange a free consultation appointment by video call or telephone.
I welcome group consultations or individual. We can discuss the reasons you are thinking of attending, how the sessions will be helpful and whether I am the right therapist to help.
You can call or text me 07572 989543
I aim to answer any enquiry within 48 hours if possible, and all contact is strictly confidential and uses secure phone and email services. I strictly adhere to the Information Commissioners Office guidelines.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- Mental imagery uses aspects of hypnosis and can takes up around 20 minutes.
- You will need an open mind and be open to change.
- You will need to embrace your imagination and subconscious mind.
- You will use your imagination to access the answers that are deep in your subconscious mind.
- You will use your imagination to visualise how you want to look and feel in your future self.
- You will overcome any weight loss blocks or barriers in your subconscious.
- You will feel empowered, inspired and confident so that you can take control of your choices.
- A confidentiality agreement is always necessary when working therapeutically.
- The sessions are confidential - this is one of the main ways counselling and therapy differ from talking to a friend or relative (see ** below).
- If you are participating in a group sessions a confidentiality agreement will be discussed and agreed within the group on the first session.
- Once you are comfortable with the format of the sessions and the safe space it provides, you will find the freedom to speak openly, which can be very liberating and insightful.
- Corporate clients: confidentiality is critical to facilitate change - I will therefore only give anonymous feedback to the management team after seeking agreement from participants.
**Note: there are some situations where you may be a risk to yourself or others, and the law requires that I notify an authority; in these cases I may not be able to keep total confidentiality. However, breaking confidentiality is quite rare and in most situations when something is disclosed the person usually wants some action to be taken.
- I will ensure the session content is relevant to the age group in which I am working.
- For any therapy to have the best chance of being effective it is important that the child or young person is permitted to keep the content of their session private. I also understand you are trusting me to work with your child/teen, and are entitled to know what that involves, and to be updated on how the work is going. With this in mind, please note the following:
- Please allow your child/teen to decide whether and how much they wish to talk with you about their sessions.
- If your child/teen discloses something I believe indicates risk of serious harm to themselves or others then I will be in touch with you.
- I offer regular updates on how the sessions are going, I will always consult with your child/teen beforehand to ensure confidentiality and transparency.
- I will always regularly check in with your child/teen to see if they are finding the work we are doing together helpful. If they are not then we will bring our work to a close.
- These sessions includes psychological education and discussion. There will be the need to use other tools like a journal or other home tasks.
**Note: there are some situations where there is a risk to self or others, and the law requires that I notify an authority; in these cases I may not be able to keep total confidentiality. However, breaking confidentiality is quite rare and in most situations when something is disclosed the person usually wants some action to be taken.
- 1:1 sessions are 1 hour.
- Group Workshop - Overcome Anxiety & Stress, 4 weekly sessions - lasting one hour.
- Session times/dates will be negotiated at the time of consultation.
- I recommend that you do not rush off after group sessions.
- I offer discounted rates for multiple bookings for any size business.
- I will come to your workplace, as long as there is a safe, appropriate private environment.
- We can discuss using another venue if you do not have an appropriate room.
- Please contact me to ask for more information.
- We can negotiate a travel fee, at my hourly rate (£55), if you would prefer face to face sessions.
- I also offer online (Zoom, Microsoft Teams) sessions to accommodate clients outside of the Plymouth area.
- Please contact me to ask for more information.
- A minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 attendees
- BONUS - for groups of 6 the host is free
- Comfortable chairs or yoga mats for all participants - necessary for hypnosis
- Quiet undisturbed environment - switch off phones, speakers, doorbells
- Someone to take the dog/children out for a walk/play
- Confidentiality - no other person present other than participants
- I would also encourage groups to support each other outside of sessions via a group chat
As participation within the group sessions does not offer enough time to include bespoke counselling, I offer discounted rates for those who book 1:1 counselling if they have attended within a group.
1:1 sessions:
- I charge a £25 fee for late cancellations.
- Depending on the situation we can reschedule appointments for sickness.
Groups:
- Depending on individual circumstances we can arrange a private session, for a small additional fee, or renegotiate a new time/date for the whole group.
- Any changes will depend on my availability.
- If you are attending group sessions, the agreement of the rest of the group will be required once payment and dates are confirmed.
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