Nicola Claydon
Compassionate counsellor for trauma and relationships
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About Nicola
Nicola Claydon works with people facing relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, depression, compassion fatigue and addictions. She also supports clients dealing with parenting strain, ADHD, self-esteem struggles, anger and career changes. Nicola offers a warm, accepting manner to help people take the first step towards change.
Nicola emphasises that clients know their own story. She helps them recognise strengths and build practical steps forward. Sessions focus on understanding past events and creating more choice in daily life.
Background and approach
Her style aims to leave people feeling clearer and more able to make decisions. Her early placements included supporting adult survivors of sexual abuse and working with families bereaved by suicide. She has also supported care workers after lockdown and spent time helping people in supported accommodation who had experienced homelessness.
These roles shaped her approach to complex and sensitive issues. Nicola uses a mix of attachment-based, client-centred and trauma-informed ways of working alongside cognitive and psychodynamic ideas. This blend helps her tailor conversations to what each person needs in the moment.
She draws on practical tools from cognitive behavioural approaches and on deeper exploration when helpful. Nicola is registered with NCPS and has four years of professional experience. She sees people from across the United Kingdom and accepts international clients.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange sessions that suit their schedules.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 4
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS23-00272
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Nicola's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Nicola works with
Everything Nicola lists, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Nicola lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Nicola works online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and supporting each person at their own pace. This approach helps when someone needs space to be heard, to gain self-understanding and to decide their next steps.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, provides practical tools for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. It can be useful for depression, anxiety and everyday coping skills by offering exercises and small experiments to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicola will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they adapt methods so sessions feel relevant and manageable for the person in front of her.
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people work with a therapist who matches their needs even if they live in a different area.
Questions and answers
What issues does Nicola support?
She works with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, depression, compassion fatigue and addictions, among other issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and accepting, focusing on clients' strengths and practical steps to improve daily life.
What relevant experience does she have?
Her placements included work with adult survivors of sexual abuse, families bereaved by suicide, care workers after lockdown and people in supported accommodation who had been homeless.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with NCPS and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Nicola accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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