Andrew Clarke, BACP

Andrew Clarke helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, anger or low mood. He presents a calm, straightforward style and aims to make first steps feel manageable. Andrew is based in the United Kingdom and speaks English.

Andrew works from the view that each person knows their story best. He uses that starting point to help people identify small, practical changes. Sessions focus on what feels most useful now rather than long lists of theory.

His background includes a degree in counselling and five years of practice supporting people through life changes. He also acts as a counselling supervisor, which keeps his reflective skills sharp and up to date.

Andrew draws on therapies that pay attention to emotions and relationships, and on approaches that aim for clear, achievable goals. In practice this means talking through attachment patterns, noticing emotional responses, and setting steps to try between sessions.

People bring a wide range of concerns including abandonment or attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, separation and divorce, guilt and shame, impulsivity, loneliness, questions about life purpose, money worries, mood difficulties and panic attacks. Andrew helps people sort these concerns into a plan they can work on.

Sessions are practical and conversational. Andrew helps people try things out, reflect on what works, and adjust the plan as needed. He encourages gentle progress and clear next steps rather than pressure to change overnight.

How Andrew’s approaches work online

Attachment-Based Therapy sees patterns in close relationships as a key to understanding how people react to stress and loss. Online sessions can help identify those patterns and try new ways of relating that reduce anxiety and pushback. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own experience and pace; the counsellor listens, reflects and helps people find their own answers without directing them. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks closely at emotional responses in relationships and aims to shift how people express and receive emotions so they feel safer and more connected.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Andrew will discuss what matters to the person, try methods that suit their needs, and adjust the way they work together over time. He aims to match the approach to the client's goals, preferences and what feels most helpful in sessions.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or visual focus is an issue, live chat offers faster check-ins and text-based messaging can support ongoing processing between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and daily life while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.