About me
Hello and welcome!
I’m really pleased you’re taking a few moments to read my page, because reaching out for help can sometimes be daunting. I'm Robert Clayton of Clayton Therapy, an NCPS Accredited Professional member. Sometimes, life can throw a lot of challenges our way. So, if you're feeling worried, anxious, depressed, dealing with anger, coping with trauma, bereavement or struggling with change, or maybe something else, please get in touch, I'm here to help. We can explore your ‘lived experience’ and ‘what’s happened’ in a very safe and confidential way.
Getting the right help
Therapy is very much about building a positive and trusting therapeutic relationship and helping clients to make positive changes. I will adapt the therapeutic approach to meet your unique and specific needs. I am here to support you in that process, and your therapeutic journey. I practice as an integrative Counsellor/ Therapist (by the way, those terms can be used interchangeably if your wondering and new to therapy), using different modalities, or types of therapy, in a collaborative process with my clients to best suit them and their needs. My base modality is person centred/ humanistic therapy. (Please see the link below if you want more information on this) I also practice other therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
www.bacp.co.uk/about-therapy/types-of-therapy/person-centred-counselling/
Get in touch:
Please get in touch if you're in the process of looking for a therapist. I will happily answer any questions you have about my practice or your therapeutic options.
Training, qualifications & experience
My therapeutic practice:
I am a Professional Accredited PNCPS (Acc). member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapeutic Society (NCPS) . I have over 7 years counselling practice experience. Also, I have twenty years prior experience working with adults, children and young people, and families, undertaking other therapeutic work and interventions in different job roles. I have my own counselling private practice- Clayton Therapy, for which I advertise here. I also work one day a week as a primary school counsellor. I previously volunteered as a Counsellor for a charitable/ Community Interest Company (CIC) for 5 years. I really enjoy working with all ages of people and have a wealth of experience working with adults, children, and young people. Working with different age groups requires different skills and brings different challenges, one which I thoroughly enjoy. I also have a lot of experience working with diversity and difference.
Relevant qualifications:
- Foundation Degree (FD) in Counselling
- Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People
- Level 4 Diploma in Couples and Relationship Counselling
- Level 4 Foundation Diploma in CBT
- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling
- Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training (CET)
- Diploma in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- Certificate in Motivational Interviewing
- Certificate in Attachment Theory
- Level 3 NVQ in Advice and Guidance
- Certificate in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
- IARTT Certificate in: The Rewind Technique (Trauma training)
- BA (Hons) Degree (unrelated subject)
Additional experience:
I have extensive experience in the following areas. Please message me if you want any more information, I’m happy to share.
- Family support and whole family relationship work
- Parenting work, guidance and support
- Therapeutic work with children and young people
- Motivational Interviewing
- Practice in NLP
- Ongoing trauma-informed practice
- Safeguarding and child protection
- Child sexual and criminal exploitation work
- Domestic abuse support
- Mental health first aid
- Addictions and harm reduction
- Suicide prevention work
- Self-harm and harm reduction work
- Substance misuse support
- Working with neuro-developmental issues and needs.
- Supporting young transgender people
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£45.00 per session
Free initial in-person, telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
My current fee is £45 per an adult session & £65 for Couples Therapy (50 mins is the Therapeutic Hour)
I offer a reduced rate of £40 to children and young people (18 or under)
I offer a reduced rate of £40 to students and students of counselling or psychotherapy.
When I work
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I offer flexible working hours -Monday to Saturday, to suit the individual needs of clients.
Further information
I have an Enhanced DBS (Subscription Service)
I am registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
I offer a free 30 min consultation, where we can have a friendly and informal discussion about your individual needs and the suitability of my practice. This can be face to face at my practice room, by telephone or video platform i.e., Zoom. We can have this arranged in no time! So use the contact link on this this site, call me, or contact me at robert@claytontherapy.co.uk.
I promise to get back to you ASAP and always within 24 hours.
