Nicola Claydon, NCPS

Nicola Claydon NCPS offers support for relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy worries, depression and the strain of caregiving. She also helps with issues such as addiction, low self-esteem, career stress, ADHD and coping with life changes. Nicola aims to offer clear, practical help and a calm presence for people trying to find their way forward.

Nicola believes people already hold many strengths that help them recover and grow. She encourages clients to tell their story at their own pace. Sessions are non-judgemental and focused on building understanding and acceptance of past events so individuals can move on with more clarity.

Her background includes placements with adult survivors of sexual abuse and work supporting families bereaved by suicide. She later supported care workers during and after lockdown and worked with people in supported accommodation after homelessness. Nicola also sees people in private practice for a range of concerns.

Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness practices. She combines short-term practical steps with deeper work on patterns that repeat in relationships and self-view.

Nicola holds NCPS, which is listed as her credential. She has four years of professional experience, including three years before her current role and additional work since then. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

How her approaches translate to online work

Nicola often draws on attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioural techniques. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people notice and change repeating cycles. Cognitive behavioural work focuses on practical skills - identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behaviour changes to reduce distress.

She also uses client-centred listening, which means people lead the conversation while the counsellor reflects and supports. Together the client and counsellor decide which methods to try, so the approach is shaped around the person's needs and goals rather than a single technique.

Finding the right fit is part of the process and Nicola will work collaboratively to identify useful ways forward. She discusses goals, offers options from her range of approaches and checks in regularly to adjust the plan as needed.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can often adapt exercises and homework for remote sessions to keep progress moving between meetings.