Nicola Claydon

Nicola Claydon is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people with relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related problems, depression and related struggles. She also helps with issues such as compassion fatigue, addictions, LGBT concerns, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem and coping with life changes. Nicola works from the view that people are the experts in their own lives and that they already have strengths to build on.

Her approach is warm and non-judgemental and she aims to create a safe space for honest conversation. Nicola offers gentle guidance to help clients understand how past events still affect them now. She focuses on accepting what cannot be changed and finding ways to move forward with more clarity and personal agency.

Nicolas background includes varied placements during training. She began by supporting adult survivors of sexual abuse, then worked with an organisation offering help to people bereaved by suicide. After the Covid lockdown she supported care workers and later worked with clients who had experienced homelessness while they lived in supported accommodation.

Nicola has four years of professional experience including the period she has worked through an online counselling service since May 2023. She uses a mix of therapeutic styles to match each person’s needs. Sessions aim to be practical and focused on gradual change, while also attending to difficult emotions and past trauma.

People who come to Nicola can expect patient listening, clear feedback and collaborative planning. She supports clients to reclaim a sense of control and to practise new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Therapeutic approaches for online work and recovery

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how people connect now. It helps when trust, intimacy or repeated relationship patterns cause distress and supports rebuilding healthier ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and testing alternatives in everyday life. It is useful for depression, anxiety and practical coping skills. Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to deeper patterns that come from past experiences and can reveal why certain feelings and reactions keep repeating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will explore your needs, goals and preferences and together you will decide which methods to try. That collaborative process can include mixing approaches over time as priorities change.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the current online options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow regular check-ins around work or family commitments. It also lets some people begin therapy sooner and try different ways of talking, such as shorter sessions when time is tight or camera-off conversations when that feels more comfortable.