Nicola Claydon

Nicola Claydon NCPS works with people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, depression, addiction and ADHD-related challenges. She also supports those dealing with parenting stress, compassion fatigue, anger, low self-esteem and life changes. Nicola aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can start to make small, practical changes.

Nicola listens first and helps people identify their strengths. She believes clients are experts in their own lives and that therapy should build on what already works. Sessions focus on understanding how past experiences affect present choices, and on finding clearer ways to move forward.

Her background includes placements with adult survivors of sexual abuse and work supporting families bereaved by suicide. Nicola also supported care workers during the pandemic and worked with people in supported accommodation after homelessness. These roles shaped her awareness of trauma, loss and practical stressors.

In practice Nicola uses several therapeutic approaches. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at close relationships, client-centred ways of working to follow each person’s pace, and cognitive behavioural techniques to break unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas are also available when they suit the person’s goals.

Nicola has four years of professional experience and holds NCPS. She works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Nicola uses attachment-based ideas to look at how close relationships shape thoughts and feelings; this approach helps when trust, intimacy or repeated relationship patterns are a problem. Client-centred work focuses on following the person’s lead, listening carefully and building on strengths to help people feel understood and more able to make changes. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is often part of therapy itself. Nicola works collaboratively to test what helps, checking in about goals and adjusting methods if something feels unhelpful. She aims to match techniques to the person’s needs, pace and preferences rather than imposing a single method.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into everyday life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing a shorter check-in during a busy day. It can also suit people who prefer focused, skills-based work like CBT or gentler, conversational approaches such as client-centred therapy. The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available session types before booking to ensure they meet your needs.