- Attachment work
- CBT techniques
- Writing therapy
About Nels
Nels Rodwell is a counsellor registered as NCPS in the United Kingdom with 25 years of professional experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression, and offers coaching to support motivation and confidence.
She practices with a client-centred stance and draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural therapy, attachment work and emotionally-focused ideas. Sessions focus on practical tools and clearer understanding rather than labels. Nels treats each person as the expert of their own story and looks for strengths to build on.
Her background includes training in person-centred work, Gestalt and CBT. She also combines counselling with massage in face-to-face settings and uses writing as a therapeutic tool. This blend lets her offer verbal and embodied ways of working when in person.
Nels has worked across adult age ranges and with people from different nationalities. She pays attention to how attachment patterns, communication problems and past abandonment shape current relationships and sense of self.
In sessions she helps people learn skills to manage symptoms and to understand patterns that keep them stuck. Conversations aim to increase self-awareness, responsibility and self-agency so clients can make clearer choices. She also supports people who want to process difficult experiences such as dissociation, domestic violence or separation.
Practical work might include CBT techniques for anxiety, emotion-focused exercises for relationship work, or reflective writing to process grief and shame. Clients who prefer in-person work can ask about combined counselling and massage options.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online work
She often combines client-centred practice with cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-informed work. Client-centred work focuses on listening and helping clients find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical exercises for anxiety or low mood. Attachment-based work examines how early relationship patterns influence current reactions and relationship difficulties.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and the issues you bring, and then suggest ways of working. That may mean trying short CBT exercises for specific symptoms, using emotion-focused tasks for relationship concerns, or taking an attachment lens to understand long-standing patterns.
The biography describes face-to-face counselling combined with massage and mentions writing therapy, but it does not list all session formats. Please confirm current online and in-person options before booking. Online work can make sessions easier to fit around daily life, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and paperwork so therapy fits practical schedules and personal needs.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and coaching for motivation and confidence.
How does she approach guilt or shame?
She uses client-centred and attachment-informed work alongside cognitive behavioural techniques to help people understand and work through feelings of guilt and shame.
How much experience does she have?
Nels has 25 years of professional practice experience in the United Kingdom.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered as NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients and she has worked with people from different nationalities.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography notes combined counselling with massage in face-to-face sessions and mentions writing therapy; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.