At a glance
- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 388088
- Experience
- 4 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp.
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- Client-led sessions
- Practical tools
- Values-based work
About Clare
Clare Payne is a counsellor who aims to help people feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure where to start. She keeps sessions straightforward and client-led, listening first to what matters that day. Clare focuses on practical change as well as understanding recurring patterns that hold people back.
Clare trained through a Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Coaching at the University of East London. She also completed courses in person-centred counselling and life coaching. Her registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy is listed as BACP.
Sessions are forty-five minutes long and begin with a few meetings to clarify what brought someone to therapy. Early sessions look at goals and whether the working relationship feels right. Clare uses a person-centred approach as her starting point and lets clients set the pace.
As the work progresses, Clare may draw on different methods to support change. Motivational Interviewing can help when people are weighing options or trying to make a change. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offers tools for living with difficult feelings while moving towards chosen values.
Clare works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting pressures and work or career worries. She also supports people facing trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, body image and complicated family of origin problems. Her practice aims to be flexible and goal-focused while keeping the client's priorities central.
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How Clare uses different therapies online
Clare works with approaches that aim to support change while keeping the client's goals central. Motivational Interviewing focuses on helping people resolve mixed feelings and find personal motivation for change; it can be useful for decisions about relationships, work or lifestyle changes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches simple skills for accepting difficult feelings while taking small steps towards what matters most to the individual. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from early relationships and how they show up in current connections, helping people understand and shift those patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Clare treats this as a collaborative conversation, discussing different ways of working and choosing what fits the person's needs, goals and preferences. She starts with what the client finds most important and adapts the focus over time.
If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use methods like Motivational Interviewing and ACT in a practical, goal-focused way even when meeting remotely. -
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueAdditional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesTherapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyExperience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems can Clare help with?
Clare works with many common concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief and parenting pressures. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, body image and family of origin problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her starting point is a person-centred, humanistic style that follows what the client brings to the room. She combines listening with practical approaches to help people set and reach their own goals.
How much experience does she have?
Clare has four years of experience working as a counsellor and coach since completing postgraduate study in integrative counselling and coaching.
What credentials and location are listed?
Her listed credential is BACP and she practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to start therapy?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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