Therapy in the City

Therapy in the City Confidential and discreet Online and In-Person Counselling and Clinical Hypnotherapy. Email: nicoletherapyinthecity@gmail.com

Nicole McKendry - Hypno-Psychotherapist 🌿 Integrating Person Centred Counselling/Psychotherapy and Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapy to work with you holistically to heal emotional wounds, release relationship trauma & reconnect to your intimate self. I specialise in helping woman to rediscover their lost self, heal from narcissistic abuse, redefine love/intimacy and support through perimenopause. You can find more information on my website www.therapyinthecity.co.uk or if you would like to create healthy relationships in your life, find self empowerment, clarity or learn how to release emotional blocks or toxic patterns then let's have an informal chat, so you can ask me any questions and decide if this is the right approach for you.

This festive season, I hope you find the time to step aside from any overwhelm, expectations and gently settle into the ...
24/12/2025

This festive season, I hope you find the time to step aside from any overwhelm, expectations and gently settle into the quiet honesty of winter. Rather than forcing cheerfulness or recreating picture-perfect traditions, simply slow down, breathe deeply, and rediscover the season on your own terms.

Thank you all for sharing time with me this year… I look forward to continuing your journey with you in 2026.

Merry Christmas!

17/12/2025

“Not everything that comes back for Christmas is meant to stay.” 🎄

This time of year can soften our boundaries, especially for those with anxious attachment. Old connections can feel comforting, even when the ghost of Christmas past says otherwise.

Nostalgia isn’t the same as safety.
And intensity isn’t intimacy.

This season, let green flags like consistency, calm, and emotional availability guide your choices.

Your nervous system deserves calm this season too ✨

⬇️ Save this if December brings up old patterns
⬇️ Share with someone reopening a door they’re unsure about

Thought I’d share a few pics from our team festive day out. We opted for something a little different with a trip back i...
09/12/2025

Thought I’d share a few pics from our team festive day out. We opted for something a little different with a trip back in time at Mary Kings Close in Edinburgh ❄️

Also… just a little reminder about upcoming leave in December. We will be taking a two week break over the festive period to spend time with family, friends and recharge our batteries ready to step into 2026 with you.

I personally will be on leave from 20 Dec and back in clinic from Monday 5 Jan. My diary is fully booked for December and January is already filling up, so don’t forget to book in now for 2026 to avoid disappointment.

Steve has decided to open a few limited appointments between Christmas and New Year for men’s coaching. These are available in person or online.

If you would like to book therapy with myself or men’s coaching with Steve, drop our practice manager Jade an email (booktherapyinthecity@gmail.com) and she can get you booked in. She will be monitoring emails over the break but not daily, so touch base now or before 20th December to ensure you get booked in for the start of the year. 🙏🏻

04/12/2025

…and I’m not talking about the “collapsing on the sofa because you’ve done too much” kind of slowing down.

I mean the kind that feels like wrapping your hands around a warm mug, exhaling, and letting your whole nervous system soften.

These quiet moments matter.
Taking time to pause and reconnect with your inner landscape helps reduce stress, release expectations, and come back home to yourself.

This is exactly the feeling behind our new winter guide So This Is Christmas? and why we chose to launch our new My Therapy in the City platform in this season. It’s a gentle, therapeutic space created especially for those who don’t want to sprint into the festive season pretending everything’s fine.

So… if you’re craving a calmer December, softer rituals, grounding, and a season that actually holds you, not drains you… we think yule love it.

Inside you’ll find:
• 6 softly written therapeutic chapters
• Winter reflections and soothing rituals
• Actionable steps that don’t overwhelm
• 6 calming hypnotherapy audios
• A beautiful PDF you can return to again and again

All for ÂŁ37, ready to start today.

If December feels heavy, noisy, or “too much” or you simply want to do the season your way this guide was created for you.

❄️Check out So This Is Christmas? https://payhip.com/b/tbTha.

02/12/2025

Why not treat yourself to a gift of calm this season?

❄️So This Is Christmas?❄️ is a soothing, self-paced digital guide with accompanying hypnotherapy recordings... created to help you step out of festive overwhelm and into the quiet honesty of winter.

Instead of forcing cheerfulness or recreating picture-perfect traditions, this guide invites you to slow down, breathe deeply, and rediscover the season on your own terms.

Through warm therapeutic writing, gentle grounding practices, and calming hypnotherapy recordings, you’ll be supported in reconnecting with Winter and with your own emotional rhythm.

Inside you’ll find:
✨ Six soft, therapeutic chapters exploring winter’s
emotional landscape
✨ Gentle reflections to help you reconnect with the
season
✨ Actionable steps that soothe rather than overwhelm
✨ Winter rituals to bring calm, warmth, and grounding
into your days
✨ Six hypnotherapy recordings to settle your mind and
regulate your nervous system
✨ A beautifully crafted PDF you can return to
whenever you need support.

If your thoughts feel tangled, or your heart is a little tired this festive season, this guide is your soft place to land.

Inside, you’ll discover grounding rituals, reflective prompts, and soothing hypnotherapy designed to help your whole system exhale and move through winter with more steadiness and ease.

‘So This Is Christmas?’ is available now via this link: https://payhip.com/b/tbTha.

A softer winter awaits. 🤍❄️

✨To the women ready to awaken their wild, untamed selves… know you are everything you will ever need.✨You are courage, s...
18/10/2025

✨To the women ready to awaken their wild, untamed selves… know you are everything you will ever need.✨

You are courage, strength and compassion.
The person you are searching for is already within you, you just need to reconnect with her.

A few weeks ago I stood on the cliffs of Neist Point on the Isle of Skye and the wind was blowing a hoolie. I felt the power of being fully in my body, fully myself as that wild wind wrapped itself around me.

When I saw the photo today, it reminded me that for you to build an empowered self-relationship, it is to meet yourself in every season… to find the thing that grounds you, the space, the place to hold your emotions not silence them. To remember your softness is not weakness and your wildness is your truth.

It is to remember her…
…the one who feels deeply, moves freely and trusts her inner voice again.

This is the work. This is the way!

I feel deeply privileged to hold this space with women, supporting them through psychotherapy, expressive art and somatic hypnosis as they release old patterns, heal attachment wounds and awaken the wild, authentic selves that they have always carried.

✨Take a moment this weekend to connect with your untamed self.

🤍 THERAPIST LIFE - As you know Steve and I were out of office last week and this is why… we eloped to the beautiful Isle...
24/09/2025

🤍 THERAPIST LIFE - As you know Steve and I were out of office last week and this is why… we eloped to the beautiful Isle of Skye and exactly a week ago today we said our vows on the beach between the rocks, witnessed by the ocean.

Thanks to everyone for your well wishes… we’re back to work now and look forward to seeing you all in your sessions.

Do you know why weight isn’t just about food?Many women blame themselves for struggling with their weight, chastising th...
08/09/2025

Do you know why weight isn’t just about food?

Many women blame themselves for struggling with their weight, chastising themselves for having no willpower or discipline… but often, the root of our weight struggle is deeper than that… it’s really about the weight of our relationships.

💔 Growing up with criticism or neglect
💔 Partners who make you feel “too much” or
“not enough”
💔 People-pleasing, perfectionism, and
abandoning your own needs

These patterns keep us in survival mode…stressed and disconnected from our bodies, holding onto weight as protection and at times self punishment.

That’s why diets, restriction, and more recently medicated weight loss rarely work long term. The real struggle isn’t what you eat… it’s how you feel or rather what you’re trying to avoid feeling!

🌺 Here’s a simple action to start today:

Take 2–3 minutes to breathe, notice where tension sits in your body, and gently ask: “What am I holding here?”

💬 Comment below with a ❤️ if you’re going to try this check-in today.

So here’s the thing, success doesn’t always bring calm! Many of the women I work with who are high-achievers…are brillia...
09/06/2025

So here’s the thing, success doesn’t always bring calm!

Many of the women I work with who are high-achievers…are brilliant, resilient, driven but deeply exhausted. Leading them to feeling emotionally distant, disconnected, and unsure who they really are beneath their success.

The misconception of therapy is that it’s just about fixing what’s broken but in essence, therapy helps you to clear the rumble from the path so you can come back home to yourself… your true authentic self that is layered underneath the expectations, wants and at times toxicity of others.

You may be running on autopilot, constantly analyzing yourself, struggling to rest, or feeling emotionally overwhelmed by others’ needs.

It’s not because you’re broken, it’s likely because you’ve learned to survive this way.

Therapy isn’t just about unpacking the past. It’s about helping you feel safe, whole, and truly you - in a way you’ve never experienced before.

If this resonates and you’re tired of pushing through alone, let’s talk about what support could look like.

You don’t have to carry this on your own. 💬

‘Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.’For those that know me, I...
30/05/2025

‘Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.’

For those that know me, I am a listener of stories... for almost 18 years I have been working with the subconscious to empower my clients to truly flow with their life, trust in themselves and release trauma.

I learned that it can take time to overcome our negative life scripts. Little steps of reconnection everyday can help to build self reliance and a sense of inner trust and understanding. . . but I also realised that to help people truly learn to flow, not force, to find the freedom and happiness in letting themselves go with the natural and authentic flow of their life and fully release trauma and blocks in the body I needed to embrace somatic healing within my work.

Flow is not about being passive, it is an innate force and the essence of who we are. So I’m currently working on combining my expressive art therapy, breathwork and hypnosis to offer you a number of day workshops and weekend retreats that will help you to connect with your authentic self.

Over the next few months I’ll be sharing more posts about these courses, launch details and how to book.

For now I’d love to know if this is something you would be interested in. So please feel free to answer the poll below 🙏🏻

🐝 Today marks 8 years since the Manchester Arena Bombing. I would like to take a moment in this post to remember the 22 ...
22/05/2025

🐝 Today marks 8 years since the Manchester Arena Bombing. I would like to take a moment in this post to remember the 22 innocent lives lost and the countless others whose lives changed forever that day.

In 2017 myself, like so many other therapists and practitioners across the UK joined together to offer our services for free to those directly affected by the bombing.

It was a privilege to do this and I will be forever touched by the stories I shared in. Amidst the heartbreak, fear and confusion I witnessed amazing strength and resilience… and love that was louder than hate. 🐝

Life is not defined by our words, it is experienced in our actions… but it doesn’t have to only be serious to matter.It ...
18/04/2025

Life is not defined by our words, it is experienced in our actions… but it doesn’t have to only be serious to matter.

It doesn’t have to always require a deeper purpose to have meaning.

It doesn’t have to exclusively follow a path of reason or explanation.

Sometimes there will be days… when all it has to be is fun!

Happy Friday everyone 🐣🍩☕️

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