Based in Nelson, Aotearoa New Zealand, working with clients locally and online.
About Me
I'm Nicky
Nurse. Mother. Educator. Writer. Therapist. Storyteller.
I have been nursing for nearly 40 years. I've worked in hospitals, in homes, in communities, and quite literally on the side of roads. I've been with people at the very beginning of life and at the very end of it, and everywhere in between.
I've held space when things fall apart. I've seen what happens when people are truly seen, and what happens when they're not.
I've also burned out and come back.
Changed course more than once, not always because I had a plan, but because I couldn't keep doing life the way I was doing it.
So I understand from the inside, what it means to be the capable one who is quietly not doing okay. The one who keeps showing up for everyone else while something in them is going under.
That's not just a clinical observation. That's lived experience.
These days I don't try to fix anyone. I walk alongside them. I listen, I mean really listen. And I'll quite literally sit in the mud with you if that's what you need.
I don't believe you need to be told what to do. I think you already know, somewhere, what you want from life. What most of us need is permission to feel what we feel, to stop pretending, and to find our way back to ourselves.
That of course looks different for everyone.
I'm a Registered Nurse with a Masters degree in nursing. I'm a clinical hypnotherapist, a certified Havening Practitioner, a Circle of Security™ facilitator and educator, a reiki master, and a coach. I'm trained in trauma, attachment, and neurodiversity, and I hold a specialist anxiety qualification.
I work with the nervous and emotional system, not just the logical mind.
Which means the work goes deeper than just talking, and often reaches places that years of talking haven't.
Sessions are available in person in Nelson or online, wherever you are in the world.
I work with individuals one-on-one, with parents and caregivers through Circle of Security™ groups, and with health, education and community organisations through workshops and professional development.
But whatever the context, the approach is the same. Unhurried. Honest. Human.
I'm not here to give you a framework or send you away with homework to do. I am here to be with you while you figure out what comes next.
I'm a published writer and have co-written three books.
My next book, The 7-Day Sabbatical, is coming soon, a guide to genuine rest for people who've forgotten what that feels like.
If this feels like something you're ready to work through, I am ready to help.
→Book your call or email me coaching@nickycooper.life
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