Kate Clare, BACP

Kate Clare is a counsellor working in the United Kingdom who supports people struggling with stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and relationship and family concerns. She also helps with self-esteem, parenting strain, anger, depression and issues connected to ADHD. Kate speaks English and brings five years of professional experience to her work as a BACP - British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - registered member.

She views each person as the expert on their own life. In sessions she encourages people to tell their story and to notice the strengths they already have. The first meeting looks at what matters most right now and what small steps feel possible next.

Kate uses a mix of approaches to match the person sitting in front of her. She draws on client-centred ways of building trust, cognitive behavioural techniques for tackling thoughts and behaviours, and narrative ideas for separating a problem from a person. She can also use psychodynamic and solution-focused ideas when they fit the issue.

She has experience working with neurodiversity both professionally and personally, and supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment concerns and communication problems. Kate also works with chronic pain, illness and disability issues and the stresses that caregivers face.

Her style is straightforward, warm and respectful. She aims to make therapy practical and understandable, helping people develop clearer coping strategies and steadier routines. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before arranging sessions based on availability.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what you say so you feel heard and understood; it helps when you want a supportive space to make sense of difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers straightforward tools to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety and low mood. Narrative Therapy helps you separate problems from your identity by retelling parts of your life story in a different way, useful for issues like shame or repeated relationship patterns.

Finding the right blend of methods is part of the process. The therapist will work together with you to choose approaches that match your goals and how you prefer to work. That collaboration helps shape what happens week to week and which techniques are tried first.

The profile does not specify which session formats are currently used, so please check before booking to confirm available options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare or medical appointments, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets follow-up tools and worksheets be shared quickly between meetings, helping therapy feel practical and applicable to everyday life.