Richard Clarke
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About me
As a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist, I work with individuals, couples and families who are experiencing difficulties in their relationships or facing changes and challenges in their lives.
My approach is collaborative and aims to help people understand difficulties in the context of their relationships, experiences and wider lives. Rather than looking for one person to blame or identifying a single cause, we can explore the different perspectives, patterns and circumstances that may be contributing to difficulties.
Therapy provides a space to talk about thoughts, feelings and experiences that can sometimes be difficult to discuss together. I help people listen to and understand one another differently, recognise existing strengths and resources, and find new ways of responding to the difficulties they face.
My aim is not to tell individuals, couples or families what they should do, but to help create conversations from which useful changes and new possibilities can emerge.
Training, qualifications & experience
- MSc Psychological Therapies (Systemic)
- Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples
- Gestalt Diploma
- UKCP Registered Systemic Supervisor
- APECS Certified Professional Supervisor
- ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
- Advanced Diploma in Executive Coaching
- Diploma in Systemic Team Coaching
I have worked therapeutically with individuals, couples, children and families since 2004, across NHS, university and private-practice settings. My experience includes specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), including inpatient and community work, as well as many years of independent practice.
I also provide systemic supervision to psychotherapists, coaches and other professionals, supporting practitioners to reflect on their work, professional relationships and the wider systems and contexts in which they practise.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I work systemically, which means understanding difficulties not simply as problems located within an individual, but in the context of relationships, families, life experiences and the wider social and cultural systems of which we are all a part. I am particularly interested in helping people explore how these different influences interact, and in finding new ways of understanding and responding to difficulties together.
Therapies offered
Fees
£90.00 per session
Additional information
My fee is £90 per session for individuals, couples and families. I currently have limited availability and work primarily with couples and families. Face-to-face appointments are available in Exeter, with online appointments by arrangement.
When I work
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I currently offer face-to-face appointments in Exeter on Wednesday afternoons. Online sessions are available by appointment on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
