About Clare
Clare Merchant offers a calm, open space where people can talk about what feels hard right now. She uses a person-centred approach and aims to listen without judgement so clients feel understood and respected. Clare has three years of counselling experience and works from a person-centred perspective.
That means she puts the client’s needs and goals at the centre of each session and follows the pace the person sets. Sessions often involve talking together and using worksheets to map out thoughts and feelings.
How Clare works
Clare helps people look at what’s behind ongoing stress, low mood or relationship strain and to spot small steps they can try between sessions. She supports people with anxiety, depression, grief and life changes, alongside issues such as sleeping difficulties, self-esteem, addictions and compassion fatigue. Clare also addresses concerns linked to family problems, parenting, career stress, body image and fertility-related worry.
Clare holds registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers sessions in English and works with people across the United Kingdom and internationally. Work is practical and paced to each person.
Clare uses discussion and brief exercises to help people build clearer ways to cope and move towards their goals. Appointments are arranged to fit the client’s routine and needs.
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What Clare works with
The areas below are the ones Clare selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How person-centred counselling works online
Clare practises person-centred counselling, which means she focuses on listening, showing empathy and helping the client find their own solutions. This approach suits people facing anxiety, low mood, grief and many everyday stresses because it gives time to be heard and to make sense of what is happening.Work in sessions is practical and collaborative. Clare will use conversation and brief worksheets to uncover patterns, identify priorities and build small steps towards goals. She and the client decide together which techniques to try and adjust them as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls are good for longer, face-to-face style work; phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a lunch break; live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to attend appointments from different locations and to choose a format that matches comfort and practical needs.
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