Nicola Claydon, NCPS

Nicola Claydon is a counsellor who helps people with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns and depression. She works with issues such as low self-esteem, anger, addictions and parenting strain. Nicola aims to make the first step less daunting and to support people as they look for clearer direction.

Her approach is warm and non-judgemental. Nicola listens and builds on the strengths a person already has. Sessions focus on understanding how past events affect day-to-day life and finding ways to regain a sense of control and purpose.

Nichola trained while working across several community placements. She supported adult survivors of sexual abuse and later worked with a charity offering help to families bereaved by suicide. After the COVID lockdown she supported care workers and completed placement hours with an organisation assisting people who had experienced homelessness.

She brings four years of professional experience to her work and holds the NCPS credential, which appears as NCPS. Nicola also sees people in independent practice where she works with a broad range of concerns beyond those already listed.

People can expect practical conversation alongside emotional support. Nicola will work with each person to identify small, manageable steps. The aim is clearer thinking, more acceptance of past events and practical moves toward a more satisfying life.

How Nicola's approaches can work online

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns, helping people understand trust, closeness and jealousy in relationships. It can be useful when past losses or fears of abandonment affect how someone relates now. Client-centred work focuses on the person's own experience and pace; the counsellor listens carefully and helps people make their own decisions about change.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy. Nicola will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That conversation can include trying different ways of working and checking in about what feels most helpful.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow people to meet from different locations. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed or sessions without video if that better suits someone's energy or bandwidth. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can adapt these approaches for remote sessions to help people work through relationship, trauma and intimacy concerns.