Clifford Bough
Practical support for family and parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Clifford
Clifford Bough is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in New York. He focuses on family and parenting concerns along with stress, anxiety, addictions, mood disorders, grief, and life transitions. Clifford emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in sessions.
He aims to create a space where people can begin small changes toward a more fulfilling life. Clifford uses straightforward conversation and a tailored plan rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. He combines practical techniques with attention to relationships and emotions.
Background and approach
That can mean working on coping skills for anxiety, emotion regulation for anger, or strategies to manage bipolar mood swings. He draws on attachment-based ideas to look at close relationships and how they shape behavior. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to help identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and actions.
Mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy offer tools for staying present and tolerating strong emotions. Clifford has 18 years of clinical experience and brings that background to each session. He adjusts pacing and methods to fit individual needs and family dynamics.
Sessions may include goal-setting, skills practice, and discussion about family roles and communication. His style is practical and collaborative, focused on what can change now. People can expect clear explanations and simple steps to try between sessions.
The work emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Approaches and online options for family-focused care
Clifford uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how relationships and early bonds influence current behavior and emotional responses. This approach can be helpful for people dealing with communication problems, family conflict, or difficulties in close relationships.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and mood-related concerns because it offers concrete strategies to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Clifford will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and what feels comfortable. He adjusts techniques over time based on progress and feedback.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. These options allow sessions to fit around school, work, and family schedules and make it easier to practice skills in everyday life. The range of formats supports different preferences for real-time conversation or brief check-ins between scheduled sessions.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Clifford address?
What is his general therapy style?
What is his clinical background?
Where is Clifford licensed and based?
Which languages are supported for sessions?
What session formats are available?
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
How do I begin working with Clifford?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Clifford
- Takes a few minutes
- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point