Executive Recovery
I spent years watching very capable people hold it together on the outside while quietly falling apart on the inside.
Specialising in executive burnout recovery and high-functioning anxiety for senior leaders, founders and high performers across the UK, Europe, UAE and USA.
Why this works when other things haven't.
I'm Nicola. I'm a psychotherapist and executive coach, and I specialise in executive burnout recovery and high-functioning anxiety for senior leaders and founders. The ones succeeding by every external measure while privately running out of road.
Most people who come to me have already tried coaching or therapy. Coaching gave them a framework they quietly filed away. Therapy helped them understand themselves better, but didn't touch the real-world pressure they were still walking back into every day.
That's the work. Clinical psychotherapy and executive coaching in the same space, so we don't just understand what's getting in the way. We actually shift it.
The Elevation Method
Mindset
We find what's actually driving the pressure: the anxiety, the overworking, the inability to rest without guilt.
Not the symptoms. The beliefs that have been running quietly underneath all of it, probably for a long time.
Vision
We get clear on what you actually want, separate from what you think you should want or what got you here.
That's a different question than most people have been asked, and it matters more than they expect.
Strategy
We build a way of leading that doesn't need adrenaline and anxiety to run on.
One that holds up when things get hard, rather than one that only works when you're running at full capacity and nothing goes wrong.
What changes and when.
Here is what clients tell me they experience at each stage.
Most feel different after the first session. Not fixed. Just clearer about what's actually been going on.
3 Weeks
Decisions start coming more quickly. The replaying and second-guessing that used to follow you into the evening begins to settle, and you notice you're sleeping a bit better.
2 to 3 Months
The people around you start to step up because you're finally letting them. You reclaim time and headspace. You start thinking about the things that actually matter instead of firefighting everything that lands in front of you.
6 Months
You lead differently. Not because you've learned new techniques, but because something underneath has genuinely shifted. The pressure is still there. You just don't carry it the same way.
In their own words.
"I thought I just needed a better system. More structure. Nicola helped me see that the exhaustion wasn't coming from the hours I was putting in. It was coming from the constant low-level anxiety I was carrying about whether the business would succeed. Once that shifted, the decisions got easier, the clients got better and I stopped feeling like I was one quiet month away from disaster."
Jo, Co-Founder, HR Consultancy, Birmingham
"I didn't realise how much my anxiety was running my leadership until Nicola helped me see it. I thought I was just someone who worked hard. Turns out I was someone who couldn't stop because stopping felt dangerous. Three months in, that had completely shifted."
Leah, Managing Director, Marketing
Qualifications and Accreditations
The clinical depth is what makes this different.
These are the qualifications and registrations that underpin the work, and why this goes further than coaching alone.
Qualifications
- MSc Psychology
- PG Dip Psychotherapy
- Diploma in Executive Coaching
- Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Harvard Leadership Certification
- Certified ADHD Coach
Accreditations
- NCPS Registered Psychotherapist
- European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)
- British Psychological Society (BPS)
- National Hypnotherapy Society
Work with me
You know something needs to change.
Here's where we start.
1:1 Work · Signature Programme
Executive Burnout Recovery and Leadership Coaching
For senior leaders and founders who are running on empty and know something has to change. Psychotherapy and executive coaching in one space.
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Rewired Leaders
A 12-week group programme for senior leaders ready to stop leading from pressure. Maximum 15 people. Next cohort September 2026.
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Ready when you are
You've carried this long enough.
Book a free 30-minute call and just tell me where you are. Most people leave with a deeper understanding of what they've been carrying and a much clearer picture of why the things they've tried so far haven't quite touched it.
Most people say they wish they'd done it sooner.
