About Clare
Clare Payne offers a warm, straightforward way into therapy for people feeling stuck, anxious, low or overwhelmed. She explains things simply and listens for the issues that matter most to each person. Clare works from a person-centred stance so sessions follow what you bring on the day and move at a pace that feels right.
Her background includes a Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Coaching from the University of East London and training in Person-Centred Counselling and Life Coaching.
How Clare works
Clare has practised for four years and uses this mix to adapt the work to individual needs. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Psychodynamic Therapy as helpful tools when needed.
Sessions are 45 minutes long and the opening meetings focus on what brought a person to therapy and what they hope to change. Early appointments also check whether the therapeutic partnership feels like a good fit. Clare aims to help people notice patterns, understand their responses and try small, practical steps towards change.
She offers talking and coaching styles that suit different aims, from managing anxiety and stress to working on self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and career concerns. Clare also supports people dealing with parenting strain, fertility and family of origin matters. People will find a calm, listening approach that balances exploration with practical focus.
Clare uses coaching techniques when goal work is helpful and psychodynamic ideas to look at deeper patterns. The emphasis is on what the person needs now and on realistic steps forward.
Clare lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can try online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting driven by them and then taking action that matches your values. It can help with anxiety, low mood and getting unstuck when worry or avoidance hold you back.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence how people connect now. This approach can be useful for intimacy concerns, attachment issues and difficulties with trust or closeness.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Clare will discuss different methods with you and together you will decide what fits your needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative choice can change as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are good for a therapy conversation that feels close to being in the same room. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when video would use too much bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, reflections between sessions or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or busy days and to keep continuity when life gets unsettled.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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