Nicola Claydon, NCPS

Nicola Claydon NCPS helps people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, depression and compassion fatigue. She also supports those dealing with addiction, parenting stress, low self-esteem, career worries and coping with life changes, including ADHD. Nicola works in a direct, respectful way and aims to make the first steps feel manageable. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through what matters to them.

Nicola uses straightforward conversations to help people understand patterns that repeat in their lives. Her style draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships still influence feeling close now. She also uses client-centred listening to follow what each person brings to the room, and cognitive behavioural techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.

Her background includes work with adult survivors of sexual abuse and supporting families bereaved by suicide. She also provided support to care workers after lockdown and worked with people in supported accommodation who had previously experienced homelessness. This range of placements has informed the practical, empathic way she approaches sessions.

Nicola has four years of professional experience and holds NCPS, which is shown as her listed credential. She practices in the United Kingdom and works in an approachable manner that aims to help people reclaim choice and direction in their lives. If someone wants to explore how past events shape current challenges, Nicola helps make that process clearer and more manageable.

To begin, she asks people to reflect on what they hope to change and what matters most to them. Sessions focus on building understanding, growing small practical steps and strengthening resilience for day-to-day life.

How Nicola’s approaches translate to online work

Nicola draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current closeness and trust. This approach helps when relationship patterns and intimacy concerns keep repeating, and it aims to build safer ways of connecting with others.

She also uses client-centred therapy, which focuses on careful listening and following what the person brings. This helps people feel heard and understood while they work through grief, depression or life changes. Cognitive behavioural therapy is part of her toolkit too, offering clear steps to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns that can worsen mood or anxiety.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicola will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. She checks in as therapy progresses and adapts the focus to match changing needs.

Practical benefits of online sessions include making it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and reducing travel time. Online work can be helpful for continuing care when someone is living or travelling abroad, but the exact session options are not specified in the biography. Please confirm current session formats before booking so arrangements can be made that suit daily routines and technology needs.