About John
John Clare is a person-centred counsellor who offers online therapy to adults looking for a calm space to be heard. He uses empathy and straightforward listening to help people untangle what feels overwhelming. Sessions are gentle and focused on the person, not labels or tests.
He helps people manage stress and anxiety and talks through depression, grief and trauma. He supports those dealing with identity questions, addictions, relationship strain, and the everyday pressures of parenting and work.
Background and approach
Phobias are also listed among his focus areas, and he can work with fears alongside other concerns. John draws on three years of practice and a background in education, social care, and community settings. This mix informs a down-to-earth style that aims to make big problems feel more manageable.
He holds the NCPS credential, which is shown as NCPS in his profile. In addition to online work, he supports children in an SEMH primary school through creative and movement-based approaches. That experience has influenced his interest in emotional expression and regulation for adults too.
He brings those insights to sessions when they suit the client’s needs. Sessions are offered in English and are delivered via video calls, phone, live chat or messaging. He does not accept international clients.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and book according to availability.
Person-centred approaches for online therapy
John Clare practices person-centred therapy, which means sessions focus on providing empathic listening and genuine regard for the person sitting opposite the screen. This approach helps with issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, and phobias by allowing people to make sense of their feelings and discover their own next steps.His experience in education and community settings informs an emphasis on emotional expression and regulation. That background can be helpful when working with trauma, parenting stress, or difficulties that affect daily life. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to identify what matters and decide how to proceed, adapting the pace and focus to the client’s needs and goals.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls suit longer therapeutic conversations and visual rapport. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging allow shorter, more frequent contact and can fit around busy schedules. These options make therapy more flexible and accessible for people balancing work, caring responsibilities, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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