About Alan
Alan Clucas uses a person-centred approach to therapy and keeps the client's perspective central. He believes people know their own stories and brings a supportive presence to help them make changes. Alan holds BACP registration and has spent 12 years working in the UK mental health field.
He helps people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, and bipolar disorder. He also supports those dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, eating and sleeping problems, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
How Alan works
Practical coping strategies and clear collaboration are part of his day-to-day work. Alan incorporates motivational interviewing to help people find their own motivation for change. He uses somatic techniques to help clients notice how feelings and the body link together.
These approaches are used alongside a person-centred stance rather than as rigid steps. Sessions focus on listening, gentle challenge, and helping people try things that might work for them. Alan aims to make next steps feel manageable and realistic rather than overwhelming.
He pays attention to patterns that keep problems going and to strengths that can be built on. People bring a wide range of concerns, including relationship struggles, parenting strain, career questions, and issues linked to identity. Alan also works with more complex difficulties such as dissociation, co-morbidity, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, and drug and alcohol addiction.
He encourages small, steady progress tailored to each person's situation.
Alan lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Alan works with
The areas below are the ones Alan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that shape online therapy
Alan uses client-centred therapy which focuses on hearing the person's story and reflecting it back so they can find their own solutions. This approach helps when someone wants a therapist who listens deeply and trusts their perspective.He also uses motivational interviewing to support change by helping people sort out their own reasons for making different choices. That method is useful for issues like addiction, lifestyle shifts, or building new habits. Somatic therapy is used to help people notice how emotions show up in the body and to develop practical ways to ease bodily tension linked to stress or trauma.
Working out which approach fits best is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences rather than applying a single method to every case. This means sessions can adapt over time as priorities change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good when visual contact helps the conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Chat and messaging let people reflect in writing and fit short sessions into a busy day. These options aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit around work, family, or travel.
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