Denise Clarke, NCPS

Denise Clarke is a counsellor working in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression and trauma. Denise supports those facing relationship and family concerns and people dealing with long-term health challenges and chronic pain.

Denise believes each person knows their story best and brings their own strengths into therapy. Sessions aim to build on what already helps, while trying out new ways to cope when things feel overwhelming. She treats people with respect and compassion and keeps the space non-judgemental.

Her approach is grounded in person-centred care, where the client's priorities shape the work. Denise also uses techniques drawn from attachment-focused work and cognitive behavioural ideas to notice patterns and change unhelpful thoughts or reactions. Mindfulness and trauma-focused methods are used when they fit the person's needs.

In early sessions she and the client map out practical goals and a straightforward plan. That plan is reviewed as things change, and sessions can focus on short-term coping or longer-term change. Practical topics often include sleep, anger, self-esteem and coping with life transitions.

Denise welcomes people from diverse backgrounds, including LGBT clients and those living with neurodiversity. She works in English and accepts enquiries from international clients. If someone wants to try therapy, she encourages them to take the next small step and complete the simple sign-up questionnaire to begin the matching process.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Denise combines person-centred work with attachment-focused ideas and cognitive behavioural techniques. Person-centred counselling focuses on listening and following the client's priorities so sessions feel led by the person's concerns rather than a fixed agenda. Attachment-based ideas look at how early relational patterns influence current reactions and help people try different ways of connecting. Cognitive behavioural techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Denise will work collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs and preferences. That choice can evolve over time as progress is reviewed and priorities change.

The original profile does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also be helpful when managing chronic illness or caregiving duties because it makes scheduling more flexible. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt attachment, person-centred and CBT techniques to online sessions so the focus remains on practical support and coping strategies.