Clare Atkinson , BACP

Clare Atkinson is a counsellor with 13 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She focuses on stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes, and she also supports people managing ADHD. Clare speaks English and draws on practical, straightforward methods to make the first steps easier for someone feeling overwhelmed.

She builds sessions around openness and respect, so people can talk about difficult feelings without being judged. Clare uses a client-centred approach that keeps the person's priorities at the heart of each session. She often pairs this with cognitive behavioural techniques to help spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns.

Mindfulness practices are offered when they suit someone’s goals, helping with concentration and emotional regulation. Clare also uses solution-focused strategies to set small, achievable goals and motivational interviewing to strengthen commitment to change. These methods are used flexibly to match what a person needs in the moment.

Sessions can be delivered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules. Costs vary with location and session type and are handled through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

Clare is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, which she lists among her credentials. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and arranges sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

How Clare’s approaches translate to online sessions

Clare commonly uses client-centred work and cognitive behavioural therapy in online sessions. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead, which helps people talk through worries and priorities in a way that feels respectful and paced to them. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety and low mood.

She may also bring in mindfulness exercises to help with concentration and emotional regulation, and solution-focused techniques to set small steps forward. Finding the right mix is a collaborative process: the therapist and client will discuss goals, try different approaches and agree what feels most helpful as therapy progresses.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions offer a straightforward way to speak when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text messaging lets someone reflect in writing between scheduled sessions. These options provide flexibility so people can fit sessions around work, caregiving or health needs while working with a registered professional.