Mandy Clarkson, BACP

Mandy Clarkson helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, low self-esteem, grief and a wide range of relationship and life-change difficulties. She also supports people coping with trauma, eating and sleeping problems, career worries, ADHD and intimacy concerns. Mandy is named at the start so you know who you would be meeting.

Her approach is relaxed and calm. She works in an integrative way, drawing on different methods to suit each person. That means sessions focus on what you need rather than following one fixed style.

Mandy trained in person-centred therapy. She uses that client-centred foundation alongside techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused work. In practice this can mean talking through painful memories, learning small practical skills, or trying simple experiments between sessions.

She has six years' experience and holds BACP registration, which is recorded here as BACP. Her background includes supporting people through family of origin issues, abandonment, ageing concerns, autism, body image, cancer-related stress and caregiver strain.

Mandy draws on her own life experience as well as professional work when supporting people. Sessions aim to increase self-awareness, reduce unhelpful patterns and build better coping. The tone is warm and collaborative, with an emphasis on practical steps you can use day to day.

If you are looking for a calm, person-centred counsellor who adapts methods to your needs, Mandy may be a fit. She works in English and provides sessions online by video, phone, chat or messaging.

Approaches and online therapy that adapt to you

Client-centred therapy puts your experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens closely, reflects what they hear and helps you make sense of your feelings. This approach suits people who need a compassionate space to talk and be heard.

Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It offers straightforward tools and small behavioural experiments to reduce anxiety, improve mood and tackle unhelpful patterns. Solution-focused work complements this by identifying what you want to achieve and building on your strengths with practical steps.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with you to choose methods that fit your goals, preferences and daily life. That might mean trying different techniques early on and adjusting based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers practical benefits such as fitting sessions around work or family, using phone calls when bandwidth is limited, having a quick live chat for short check-ins, or messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to arrange appointments and keep continuity of care while exploring approaches that suit you.