NKM THERAPIES
Calm • Clarity • Change
Supporting children, young people & adults to navigate life transitions & the thoughts and feelings that come with them. Building confidence & self-esteem while promoting self-care & wellbeing.
Clinical Hypnotherapy • Talking Therapy • Animal-Assisted Intervention • Menopause & Midlife Support
Using a range of therapeutic and wellbeing approaches, support is tailored to the individual, helping you better understand what is happening, develop practical tools and strategies and create positive, sustainable change.
SUPPORT FOR ADULTS
There are times in life when you may find yourself thinking:
- “I can’t keep doing this.”
- “Why can’t I switch off?”
- “Everything feels too much.”
- “I feel emotionally drained all the time.”
- “I don’t feel like myself anymore.”
- “I used to cope better than this.”
- “I feel overwhelmed by work life, home life, or both.”
- “I’m constantly overthinking.”
- “I feel stuck.”
- “I know something needs to change.”
- “I just want to feel calmer again.”
You may be trying to manage:
- work pressures
- leadership responsibilities
- business demands
- home life
- caring responsibilities
- relationships
- menopause changes
- emotional exhaustion
- or simply the pressure of trying to hold everything together for everyone else
while quietly feeling:
- overwhelmed
- emotionally exhausted
- mentally overloaded
- disconnected from yourself
- unsure how much longer you can keep coping this way
You may know exactly what support you need, or you may simply know that life feels harder than it should right now.
NKM Therapies combines talking therapy, nervous system understanding, practical tools and strategies, relaxation and visualisation techniques, and clinical hypnotherapy to help you better understand yourself and create calmer, steadier and more sustainable ways of moving forward.
THE CALM • CLARITY • CHANGE FRAMEWORK
The Calm • Clarity • Change Framework was created to help you better understand what may be contributing to stress, overwhelm, emotional exhaustion and feeling disconnected from yourself.
Because meaningful change is easier to create when we feel calmer, clearer, and more supported.
At NKM Therapies, all support is built around The 3 Cs:
CALM
Nervous System Regulation
Helping your mind and body feel calmer, safer, and more supported.
Supporting:
- stress and overwhelm
- anxiety and overthinking
- emotional exhaustion
- poor sleep and switching off
- nervous system regulation
- rest and recovery
Understanding your nervous system can help you better understand why you feel the way you do and how to support yourself more effectively.
CLARITY
Understanding Yourself & Your Patterns
Helping you better understand yourself, your reactions, and your patterns.
Supporting:
- confidence and self-worth
- emotional wellbeing
- people pleasing and guilt
- boundaries and communication
- identity changes
- mindset patterns
- feeling stuck or lost in your thoughts
Awareness creates understanding.
Understanding creates the opportunity for change.
CHANGE
Sustainable Behaviour & Lifestyle Change
Helping you create sustainable changes that support real life.
Supporting:
- behaviour and habit change
- consistency without perfection
- healthy lifestyle changes
- weight loss mindset support
- motivation and goal setting
- routines that feel realistic and manageable
Real change does not come from pressure or perfection.
It comes from small consistent steps repeated over time.
Try a Free Nervous System Reset Audio
A gentle introduction to calming the mind and experiencing guided relaxation and hypnosis.
Ideal if you would like to pause, reset, and explore the approach.
Click below and type Reset in the message to receive your free audio.
ABOUT NICKY
Hi, I’m Nicky, founder of NKM Therapies.
I support children, young people and adults through a range of life challenges and transitions, including stress, overwhelm, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, confidence and self-esteem, menopause and midlife changes, lifestyle changes, and periods of feeling stuck or disconnected from themselves.
Using evidence-based approaches including talking therapy, nervous system and somatic tools, relaxation and visualisation techniques, clinical hypnotherapy and animal-assisted intervention, my work is tailored to the individual and designed to support greater understanding, practical coping strategies, confidence, emotional wellbeing and sustainable change.
With over 30 years of experience across commercial business consultancy and social care settings, alongside 10 years of training in therapeutic support, mindset awareness, nervous system understanding, and guided hypnotherapy, my approach helps people better understand themselves and create calmer, steadier, and more sustainable ways of moving forward.
I understand, what feels manageable to one person may feel overwhelming to another.
What feels manageable to one person may feel overwhelming to another, and the same experience does not create the same emotional journey.
My work is designed to feel:
- calm
- supportive
- practical
- realistic
- non-judgemental
- emotionally safe
My aim is to create a supportive space where women feel understood, emotionally safe, and better equipped to navigate stress, change, and everyday life while feeling more like themselves again.
Qualifications & Professional Background
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Qualifications & Professional Training
- Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy
- HPD Hypnotherapy in Practice Diploma (NCFE)
- Diploma in NLP Practitioner
- Diploma in NLP Life Skills Coaching
- Diploma in Animal Assisted Therapy
- Equine Assisted Animal Interventions
- Diploma in Advanced Counselling Skills – Level 3
- Level 2 Certificate in Counselling
- Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Children and Young People’s Mental Health
- Level 2 Certificate in Awareness of Mental Health Problems
- Diploma in Professional Relaxation Therapy
- Level 3 Award in Education & Training (AIET)
Professional Registrations
- General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR)
- General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (GHSC)
- National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)
- Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
Enhanced DBS Holder
FIND THE RIGHT SUPPORT FOR YOU
We offer several ways to access support depending on what suits you best. Contact us for more information on any of our services.