Nels Rodwell

Nels Rodwell is a counsellor with 25 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. Nels encourages people to draw on their own strengths and to take gradual steps toward a more satisfying life.

Nels trained in Person Centred therapy, Gestalt and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She combines talking therapy with practical tools so people can make sense of their experience and build new habits. Sessions aim to help people recognise patterns, try different responses and practise skills between meetings.

Her approach places the person’s perspective at the centre. Nels offers a calm, non-judgemental presence and keeps conversations grounded and straightforward. She uses writing exercises and, when meeting face to face, combines counselling with massage as an adjunct to talking work.

Nels has worked with adults from a range of backgrounds and nationalities. Her work covers interpersonal difficulties such as communication and commitment issues, as well as complex areas like attachment concerns, dissociation and the effects of domestic violence. She also supports people coping with major stressors including natural or human-caused disasters.

The aim in sessions is practical change and clearer self-understanding. Nels helps people explore what matters to them, try new ways of relating, and develop tools to manage emotions and difficult memories. She supports clients as they build greater responsibility, agency and self-compassion.

How Nels adapts therapeutic approaches for online work

Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and patterns formed early in life. It helps people notice how those patterns affect current connections and builds new ways of relating. Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions, offering a respectful, non-judgemental space to talk and be heard. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to the client’s goals and preferences, then suggest approaches or combinations that may suit them. Clients are invited to give feedback so the work can be adjusted as needed.

The biography does not specify which online formats are currently offered, so confirm session options before booking. Many people find that online counselling makes it easier to fit therapy into busy days, reduces travel time and lets them have shorter check-ins when needed. Others prefer face-to-face appointments where available; Nels also runs in-person sessions that can include massage alongside counselling. Registered or accredited professionals can help clients weigh these practicalities and pick what fits their routine and comfort.