About Clare
Clare Atkinson is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and big life changes. She has particular experience supporting people with ADHD and the knock-on effects that can bring. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth and she aims to make the first step feel manageable for anyone who is nervous about starting therapy.
Clare has 13 years of experience working in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Background and approach
She focuses on practical ways to reduce immediate distress while also looking at longer-term patterns that keep problems returning. Sessions tend to centre on what the person wants to change. Clare listens without judgment and helps build clear, realistic goals together.
She uses a mix of short-term tools and talking work so people can start to feel a difference between sessions. Her work covers common life concerns such as coping with illness, caring responsibilities, relationship breakdown and the emotional impact of ageing. She also supports people dealing with chronic pain, grief and the strains of blended family situations.
Clare offers a calm, straightforward style aimed at making therapy feel useful from the start. She encourages small steps and practical experiments so progress can be noticed and adjusted as needed.
How Clare adapts talking therapies for online care
Clare often combines Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in online work. Client-Centred Therapy means she listens closely and follows what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and understood before making change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small, practical experiments to change feelings and behaviour.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Clare discusses the options with each person and decides together which methods fit their goals and life. This collaborative planning means the approach can change as needs shift over time.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and body language. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, regular encouragement or practical problem-solving between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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