Clare Middleton , BACP

Clare Middleton is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and depression, and supports those dealing with relationship difficulties, family conflict and grief. Clare aims to make the first steps towards change easier by offering steady, non-judgemental support.

Her work is practical and straightforward. Clare helps people name what is causing distress and then looks at workable ways to reduce its impact. Sessions are a space to talk through difficult feelings, consider options and try different ways of coping. She encourages small, achievable steps that fit into everyday life.

Clare also supports people facing addiction, trauma and intimacy-related concerns, including issues around body image and eating. Parenting strain, sleep problems and career stress are within her remit, as are matters linked to adoption, attachment and blended family challenges. She pays attention to how past experiences can affect current relationships and patterns.

As a counsellor who lists work with LGBT issues and ADHD among her areas of focus, Clare is comfortable discussing identity and neurodiversity when these are relevant. She aims to listen without judgement and to tailor conversations to each person’s situation.

Sessions are offered in English and Clare accepts international clients. Her approach is collaborative: she works with people to set goals and to find what helps most in their daily life.

Evidence-based approaches and online support

Clare uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach she draws on helps people identify unhelpful thinking and try new ways of responding to worry and low mood; this can be useful for anxiety, depression and stress. Another approach concentrates on emotions and relationships, helping people understand patterns from past attachments and how they show up in current relationships and parenting challenges.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Clare works with each person to decide which methods feel most useful, checking in and adjusting as goals or life circumstances change. She invites clients to set practical goals and tests small changes together to see what works best in daily life.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls make it easy to have a full session with visual contact when that helps. Phone sessions can be a good option if bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people fit support around busy days, and allow clear, written reflections between sessions. These options aim to make counselling more flexible and easier to fit into working and family life.