nicolawildin@coldashcounselling.com
If you are reading this as a parent you are at the coalface of nurturing your child or young person in a balancing act of holding them safe & letting them grow. You want nothing to hurt them but you can’t control the world. One of the ways you can help your child or young person is by organising them to have therapy with someone who will give them a non-judgemental space to explore what matters to them. With me this experience will be validating & empower them to find ways forward by making sense of their feelings & using their strengths to make positive change.
If your child is aged up to 9 we will use a variety of creative play techniques to help them share their feelings. Older children will be able to take more lead on what works for them but often games, crafts & conversations about music & interests will help them open up. Teenagers may engage in more traditional talking therapy but even with them (& adults) leaning into creativity can communicate just as effectively as words.
If you are reading this as a young person this can be your time separate from school & home where you can be yourself. We will go at your pace & depending on your needs I can offer you information & coping strategies for things like stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship challenges, bereavement, feelings about the future or feelings about yourself. Your counselling is confidential unless I have worries about you or someone you tell me about.
I am a mum with lived experience of parenting children with Autism, ADHD, PDA, EBSA & ARFID who can empathise with the struggles of both child & caregiver. I am also a Level 5 qualified & experienced counsellor who has supported young people aged 11 to 18 in a secondary school & students aged 16 to 22 in a college as well as a Level 2 qualified teaching assistant who has worked in a preschool with infants & a primary school with children up to the age of 10.
Training & Experience:
- EdPsychEd EBSA Horizons training
- Cruse Diploma in working with grief in children & young people
- Centre of Excellence diploma in mental health in children & young people – passed with Distinction
- Working with demand avoidant children: the art & science of low demand therapy (Dr Naomi Fisher)
- Understanding anxiety in children (CPD Online)
- Safeguarding Children Levels 1, 2 & 3 (Kent Safeguarding Children multi-agency partnership)
- Enhanced DBS clearance
- Currently studying for a Level 6 Diploma in counselling children & young people due to be completed in March 2026