Hayley Clayton, NCPS

Hayley Clayton is an NCPS counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with people dealing with anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, parenting stress, relationship intimacy concerns, ADHD and anger. Her practice also covers trauma and abuse, LGBT matters, career stress, depression and coping with life changes.

Hayley prefers straightforward conversations that focus on what is happening now. She uses practical talking and reflection to help clients recognise patterns that feed frustration and resentment. Sessions typically look at thoughts, feelings and behaviours so people can try different responses to anger and stress.

Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking and Psychodynamic ideas to notice long-standing patterns that repeat. Trauma-Focused Therapy is used when past harm is part of current distress. Hayley explains methods plainly and helps clients pick useful tools rather than offering abstract theory.

She also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, isolation and a lack of self-love. That work often involves steady pacing and checking what a client can try between sessions. Hayley encourages practical steps and short experiments to help day-to-day life feel more manageable.

To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. The practice uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time, with costs varying by location.

How Hayley uses CBT, psychodynamic and trauma work online