Counselling

Counselling provides a safe, private and confidential space for you to explore your issues. It's not about being 'fixed' or having someone tell you what to do. It's about looking at the past, thinking about your future, and focusing on the present whilst developing strategies to cope with the challenges you're facing.

Counselling can help you:

Develop new skills and ways of thinking that will help you manage your life better

Learn to communicate more effectively

Understand yourself and others better - relationships, family members, friends and colleagues

Reduce anxiety, stress or depression by changing negative thinking patterns into positive ones

To read more about how I can help you, please see my 'Issues I Help With' page.

Coaching

Transform Your Goals Into Action

Coaching is a forward-focused, results-driven process designed to help you achieve clarity, confidence, and momentum. Whether you're aiming for personal growth, career development, or lifestyle changes, coaching offers structured support, powerful questions, and practical strategies to help you move from where you are to where you want to be.

Together, we’ll identify your goals, break through limiting beliefs, and create a clear, actionable plan—so you can move forward with purpose and direction.

Coaching can be a more directive form of therapy than counselling, but my person centred approach means that our work together will be guided by you – I will only offer suggestions should you need it.

Hypnotherapy

Unlock the Power of Your Mind

Hypnotherapy is a safe, natural way to create meaningful change by working directly with your subconscious mind. Whether you're looking to reduce anxiety, overcome habits, or boost confidence, hypnotherapy helps you break through mental blocks and move forward with clarity and ease.

A typical hypnosis involves relaxing your body through breathing techniques or meditation while focusing on positive thoughts and feelings. I may then use suggestions to help you visualise your goals as if you have already achieved them or change your behaviour through positive reinforcement techniques. There are different types of hypnosis, each with its own uses. My approach is to blend hypnosis into sessions as and when necessary.

Hypnotherapy can be used to help you:

overcome anxiety

promote good sleep

lose weight

manage pain

stop biting your nails or break many other ‘bad’ habits

promote personal development in public speaking or social situations

and much more

Ways to Get Support

In person

I can offer in person therapy from a comfortable and private therapy room in the PL3 area of Plymouth. There is free street parking and a bus service from the city centre that stops 250 meters away. Please contact me for further information.

Online

For many people, online counselling and coaching is an option they prefer. This could be due to mobility, transport of time issues, or just the convenience of accessing sessions from the comfort of their own home. I use an online video platform which means I can work with clients from anywhere in the UK. Online therapy is proven to be as effective if not more effective than face-to-face therapy, with important benefits that bring the experience into the modern era.

Mobile - in your own home

If you have mobility or transport issues and you are based in the Plymouth area, but you would like in-person therapy, I offer mobile services so I can come to you for counselling, coaching and hypnotherapy. If you would like a home visit, this can still be arranged but there will be an extra charge for travel.

Please contact me for further information about mobile therapy.

Phone, Text or Chat

Another way to engage in counselling and coaching is by mobile phone. I offer phone, text or chat support if in-person therapy is not an option or you just prefer a less intense way to engage in therapy sessions. Please note hypnotherapy is not possible via phone, text or chat.

Please contact Nichola Jean Psychotherapy in Plymouth, Devon for more information about working with me

or to arrange a free initial telephone or video consultation.

Nichola Jean Psychotherapy

COUNSELLor, COACH AND HYPNOTHERAPist: online and IN Plymouth