About John
John Clare is a person-centred counsellor who offers online therapy focused on listening and understanding. He creates a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about anxiety, grief, trauma, identity and burnout. John aims to help people feel heard and to find practical ways forward.
He uses person-centred, or Client-Centred Therapy, which places the client’s experience at the heart of sessions. That means sessions are guided by what feels most important to the person in the room.
How John works
Conversations often focus on feelings, values and the changes someone wants to make. John brings three years of practice experience and a background in education, social care and community work. He also works in a primary school that supports children with social, emotional and mental health needs.
That school work has strengthened his understanding of emotional expression and regulation, which he draws on in sessions with adults. Typical concerns he helps people with include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship questions. Other areas he supports are parenting strain, grief, issues around identity including LGBT concerns, and challenges like ADHD, addictions and eating or sleeping difficulties.
Sessions are offered in English and are run from the United Kingdom. John holds the NCPS credential. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and routines.
John lists one way of working on the entry:
What John works with
The areas below are the ones John 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
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- 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
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| 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 Client-Centred Therapy works online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and the person’s own experience. The counsellor follows what the client brings and reflects it back to help them make sense of feelings and choices. This approach is often helpful for issues like anxiety, depression, grief, identity questions and life transitions.In practice John offers a gentle, person-led style where the goals and pace are set together. He will work collaboratively to identify which ways of working feel most useful, adjusting the approach as needs and goals change over time. Finding the right fit is part of the therapy process rather than a one-time decision.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or suit lower bandwidth. Live chat and text make it possible to work through issues in smaller, written steps and can fit around work or caring duties. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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