Nicola Albery is an accomplished counsellor with 15 years’ experience. She is an accredited member of both the Australia Association of Social Workers (AASW) and the International Mindfulness and Meditation Alliance (IMMA). Nicola has worked in a diverse range of settings both in the public health sector and private practice. She is committed to providing client-centered care and works with adults, children, adolescents, mothers in the perinatal period and couples. Nicola accepts GP (Medicare rebate available with mental health care plan), private and NDIS referrals. She is also an approved counsellor with Victims Services (NSW), EAP and QPS SelfRefer.

Nicola’s approach is calm, non-judgmental and down-to-earth. She offers a welcoming space to engage in counselling and is committed to supporting clients to feel at ease and to feel understood, thus supporting them to make sense of their issues. Nicola encourages her clients to identify goals to create long-lasting positive changes in their lives, as well as providing compassionate-supportive therapy to help them through setbacks and hardships. Nicola is passionate about helping clients understand and reframe life challenges and is effective in helping them expand upon their existing mental coping skills, consequently making space for personal growth. 

Each session with Nicola is designed to be supportive and provide value in helping clients to sit with difficult feelings and where appropriate, motivate change towards desired goals. Nicola will conduct a thorough assessment of clients’ needs at the first appointment and from there, offers a range of evidence-based interventions, including psychoeducation, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, values-based self-care planning, positive psychology, trauma-informed therapy and solution-focused brief therapy. Nicola helps clients to truly address their relationship with themselves and build upon feelings of self-compassion to support positive life changes.