Clare Biggar
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About me
Hi, I’m Clare, a BACP registered counsellor with 15 years of experience helping people find their way, their joy and their freedom from painful past experiences.
Working together, we will increase your understanding of yourself and your processes, enabling a brave exploration of your behaviours and your story so you can meet the world as your authentic self on your terms whilst managing its impact on you and breaking negative cycles.
In the safe, impartial and non-judgemental space I will create for you, we will explore where patterns were learnt, how they impact you now and how to let go of the narratives that no longer serve you. I will do this by pulling from a wide range of training, skill sets, creativity and personal experience. I can utilise various approaches tailored to your needs such as Gestalt, Psychodynamics and CBT, to meet you in a way that facilitates the most change with the goal of no longer being impacted negatively by the past.
Get in touch
I appreciate how daunting reaching out for support can be, it takes a lot of bravery, and I will do all I can to make the process as comfortable as possible for you. If you would like a free, no-commitment 15-20 minute telephone consultation to explore how working together might feel and identify the best approach for you, or if you have any questions about my practice, please do get in touch.
Some of the areas I can work with you on
Whether your issues are linked to anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, self-harm, race, abuse, anger, addiction, discrimination, disability, neurodivergence, low self-esteem or bereavement and grief, you can feel safe to explore all aspects of yourself holistically with me.
- Healing from emotional pain and trauma
- Overcoming negative life patterns that are holding you back and preventing growth
- Decreasing and managing stress, burnout, anxiety and depression
- Identify and release any inherited intergenerational negative emotional patterns
- Identify unhealthy coping patterns like addictive behaviours, self-harm and destructive aspects of self and learning new coping skills within the language of self-care
- Develop healthy boundaries for yourself, like learning to say no with compassion
- Personal growth and transformation
- Developing resilience and the capacity to be with uncomfortable feelings
- Understanding relationship dynamics and the part you play
- Exploring your emotions, understanding them and working with them rather than against them
- Connecting more deeply with your inner self, intuition and wisdom
- Exploring and developing aspects of emotional intelligence: awareness, self-regulation, empathy
- Finding meaning and purpose in your life
I welcome people from all walks of life, all cultures, all belief systems, all the many genders and those from the LGBTQIA+ community. I provide online or telephone sessions for both short-term and open-ended therapy.
Training, qualifications & experience
Core training:
- 2023: Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Training - Clerkenwell Health, London
- 2023: Working with Trauma Masterclass weekend with Angelika Wienrich - Gestalt Centre, London
- 2021: Diploma in Integrative Supervision of Individuals and Groups – The Grove Practice, London
- 2019: MHFA England Training (both core training and also a piloted Racism and Mental Health training)
- 2015: BACP Accreditation awarded
- 2012: Certificate in CBT Counselling Skills - The Regents College, The Grove Practice, London
- 2011: Developing Effective Groupwork – Gestalt Centre, London
- 2011: Diploma in counselling – Gestalt Centre, London
- 2008: Certificate in Psychodynamics - Manor House Centre for Psychotherapy & Counselling, London
Specific training in relation to intersectionality, racism and discrimination:
- Examining Whiteness; white identity and racism group: Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility - https://www.pcsr.org.uk/
- Whiteness at Work: The Adaway Group
Allyship in the Workplace: The Other Box - Predatory Capitalism: Jonathan Kahn at Dareconf
- Cultural Competency Training: Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre
- Diversity Trans Awareness Training: Aim Counselling
- Safeguarding Children and Adults: Shelter
- Domestic Violence & Abuse: Shelter
- Human Trafficking: Shelter
- Neurodiversity in the Workplace: CiC Wellbeing
On-going continued professional development (CPD):
- Science of Well-Being Certificate - Yale University, Coursera
- Leadership and Management Programme: Blue Edge Training
- Psychotherapy for Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness: Marc B. Aixalà
- Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Global Summit: 7 days, various speakers including Gabor Maté MD and David Nutt PhD
- The body keeps the score: Christiane Sanderson
Stabilisation work in complex trauma counselling: Rixon McShane - Neuroscience, the body and trauma: Dr Nicola Diamond
- Introduction to Trauma Focused CBT: CiC Wellbeing
- Introduction to EMDR for the treatment of PTSD and trauma: CiC Wellbeing
- Addiction, trauma and adverse childhood experiences - the adverse childhood experiences study: Dr. Vincent Felitti
- Evidence-based psychological treatments for trauma - a cognitive approach to PTSD and complex grief: Michael Duffy
- Dissociation of the body: Frank Corrigan
Fight, flight, freeze- an experiential exploration: Nicola Neath - Trauma reframed: chronic pain therapy and training: Thalia Gilligan
- Risk Protocol and clinical notes: CiC Wellbeing
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
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
Fees
£60.00 per session
Free initial telephone or online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I appreciate how daunting reaching out for support can be, it takes a lot of bravery, and I will do all I can to make the process as comfortable as possible for you. To start your journey with me, I provide a free, no-commitment 15-20 minute telephone consultation to explore how working together might feel and identify the best approach and structure for you.
My fee is £60 per 50-minute session, and I can offer concessions and flexible session length times to find a rhythm and structure best suited to you. I provide online or telephone sessions for both short-term and open-ended therapy.
