About Clive
Clive Fisher draws on his own experience of living with anxiety and depression to connect with people who are struggling. He works in a straightforward way to help people build self-awareness and learn practical coping strategies. Clive uses plain language and a calm approach so conversations stay focused and clear.
He trained in integrative counselling and holds a Diploma in Integrative Counselling from a BACP accredited college. Clive is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP - and follows their professional guidelines.
How Clive works
He also holds full DBS (CRB) certification, professional indemnity insurance, and receives clinical supervision. Clive combines different approaches to suit the person in front of him. He often draws on attachment-based and client-centred ideas to build trust and explore relationships.
Cognitive techniques are used when clients want to address anxiety, low mood, or unhelpful thinking patterns. In addition to independent practice, Clive works in community mental health. He has supported people with long-term mental health problems and helped connect them to statutory and voluntary services.
He has also worked as an independent mental health advocate and has experience in occupational therapy. Clive helps with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship and family matters, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, parenting stresses, career questions and neurodiversity topics such as autism and ADHD. He aims to tailor counselling to each person’s needs and goals.
Clive lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Clive works with
The areas below are the ones Clive selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Clive often uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect feelings and behaviour. This approach helps when someone has trouble trusting others or struggles with intimacy and connection.He also employs client-centred counselling which puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. That means the counsellor listens closely, reflects what is said and helps the person find their own solutions and direction.
Cognitive behavioural techniques are used when people want to change unhelpful thinking and reduce symptoms of anxiety or low mood. These are practical steps such as spotting negative thoughts and testing them, or trying small behavioural experiments.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will ask about needs, goals and preferences and then adapt methods over time to suit how the person responds.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or during a short break. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing, want quick check-ins or find it easier to express themselves in text. These options make it simpler to fit counselling into work, family life or other commitments.
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