About Clifford
Clifford Nathaniel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee with 25 years of clinical experience. He works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strains, depression, and ADHD. Clifford aims to make sessions straightforward and practical for people who need help managing daily life and relationships.
He earned a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Trevecca Nazarene University and has been licensed in Tennessee since 2006.
Background and approach
Over his career he has worked across outpatient and community settings, focusing on common mood and behavior concerns as well as substance use challenges. Clifford uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs.
He draws on client-centered methods to create a respectful space, cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and habits, and narrative and psychodynamic ideas to look at life story and underlying patterns. Sessions are practical and aimed at small, achievable changes. Parents who feel overwhelmed by daily demands or by ADHD-related struggles often find concrete strategies helpful.
Clifford also brings experience with grief, family conflict, and issues like codependency or problems with control. He offers guidance for managing emotions, improving routines, and repairing strained relationships. Clifford provides therapy through video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
He works with English-speaking clients in Tennessee and accepts international clients as well. To begin, individuals complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.
Practical therapy approaches available online
Client-centered therapy values the person’s own goals and pace, so the therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client. This approach helps people feel heard and shapes the work around real-life priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and routines. It often uses short exercises to test beliefs and build new habits, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Clifford uses these methods collaboratively, discussing options and adjusting techniques to fit each person’s needs and preferences. Together they decide which strategies to try and check in regularly to see what is helping.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit counseling into a busy life. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversation when travel is difficult. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is low or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick updates, brief coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These formats offer flexibility so therapy can continue even with full schedules or when someone is traveling.
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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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