- Anger management
- CBT methods
- DBT skills
About Clifford
Clifford Bough is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York with 18 years of experience. He helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, family problems, grief, anger, mood disorders, and other concerns. Clifford also supports those facing life changes and challenges with self-esteem and coping skills.
Clifford uses clear, practical conversation to find what is getting in the way of feeling better. He listens for patterns in how someone reacts under stress and helps people try different responses. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings, and on understanding how relationships and past experiences shape current reactions.
He draws from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. He also uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Mindfulness techniques are offered to help slow down reactivity and build present-moment awareness.
Clifford has worked with a wide range of concerns across adult life, including bipolar disorder, depression, panic, and substance and alcohol issues. He also addresses family-related topics such as blended family challenges, communication problems, infidelity, and fatherhood issues. His practice includes attention to aging and geriatric matters and to complex co-occurring problems.
Sessions are conducted in English, and international clients are not accepted. Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape patterns in close relationships today. Online sessions can focus on discovering those patterns and practicing new ways of relating. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks down unhelpful thoughts and tests different behaviors in everyday life. In remote sessions this often means setting brief experiments to try between meetings and reviewing the results together. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and tolerating distress without making things worse, which can be practiced and reinforced across sessions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps the person manage anger, reduce reactivity, and handle stressful situations more calmly.
Session formats are not listed in the original biography, so confirm which options are available before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also makes it simpler to practice skills in the settings where problems occur and to review what happened between sessions.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger and related problems does he help with?
He works with anger tied to stress, relationship conflict, grief, mood disorders, and the frustration that comes with life changes.
How would he approach my difficulty controlling my temper?
He combines skills-based work like DBT for emotion regulation with CBT to change unhelpful thoughts and attachment-informed discussion about relationship patterns.
What is his professional background?
He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience working on mood, addiction, and family-related concerns.
Where does he practice and what credential does he hold?
He is licensed in New York as an LCSW and practices from that location.
Does he offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Current session formats are not specified here; confirm the available session options before booking.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started arranging a first appointment?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.