About Clifford
Clifford Nathaniel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of clinical experience. He helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting challenges, and ADHD. Clifford uses straightforward talk and practical steps to help clients feel steadier in day-to-day life.
Clifford earned a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Trevecca Nazarene University and has practiced in Tennessee since the mid-1990s. His background includes many years helping people with substance use issues and childhood behavior concerns, and he has led group sessions and training for local schools and churches.
Background and approach
In sessions he blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral tools. That means he listens first, then helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck and try small, doable changes. He also draws on narrative and psychodynamic ideas to understand life stories and recurring emotional themes.
People meet with Clifford to talk through relationship stress, anger around abandonment or commitment, codependency, and problems tied to attachment or control. He also addresses issues like emptiness, forgiveness, fatherhood concerns, and the emotional fallout from divorce and separation. Clifford offers several ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
Sessions are billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time and costs vary by location and therapist availability.
Talk Therapies That Fit Online
Clifford frequently uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead, helping them feel heard and understood while they name their goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence feelings and introduces practical exercises to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Clifford will discuss goals, preferences, and daily demands to choose methods that fit. He adapts the mix over time so sessions remain practical and relevant to each person's situation.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing brief updates between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or school schedules and to continue care while traveling or living abroad.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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