About me
Life can sometimes feel difficult to navigate, and it isn't always easy to make sense of what we're feeling or why we feel the way we do. Perhaps you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or finding it hard to understand yourself or your relationships.
Hello I’m Clare,
I offer a space where you can slow down, talk things through and explore whatever feels important to you, without fear of being judged. You don't need to know exactly what you want to say or have everything figured out before you come. We can start wherever you are.
Alongside my private practice, I work in the NHS and bring over twenty years of experience in mental health to my work as a counsellor and psychotherapist.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MA Pschotherapy and Counselling (Distinction)
- Level 4 Counselling Skills
- PGDip Occupational Therapy
- BS/Sc Social Sciences
I know that reaching out to a counsellor can feel like a big step, especially if you're not quite sure what you're looking for or where to begin.
My approach is warm, gentle and curious. I want to understand you and your experiences, and to offer a space where you can feel comfortable being yourself. I'm kind and reflective, but I also believe that therapy can include laughter and humour. We don't have to take ourselves seriously all the time, even when we're talking about difficult things.
I work with adults on a one-to-one basis, offering a space to explore whatever might be going on for you. Perhaps there are things you keep finding yourself coming back to, patterns in your relationships, feelings that are difficult to make sense of, or a sense that something just doesn't feel right.
I’m interested in getting to know you and understanding your experiences, rather than fitting you into a particular way of working. We might explore how your past has shaped you, pay attention to what you’re feeling in the present, or notice how your experiences show up in your body and relationships. I draw on different therapeutic approaches, including psychodynamic, Gestalt and person-centred therapy, alongside mindfulness, body-based work and CBT where these feel helpful.
There’s no fixed formula for our work. We can go at your pace, follow what feels important and be curious together about what might help you understand yourself differently. And if it feels right for you, we can sometimes take our sessions outside or bring creativity into our work. Therapy doesn't always have to happen in a room.
Some of the things people come to me with:
Anxiety · Stress · Trauma · Feeling stuck · Low confidence · Repeated patterns · Relationship difficulties · Neurodiversity · Supporting parents of SEN children adnd young people
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
£70.00 per session
Further information
I am a registered member of the BACP (MBACP). My training met the required standards and I adhere to their ethical framework. I have professional indemity and liability insurance.
