About Mandy
Mandy Clarkson helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, low self-esteem, and life changes. She supports those dealing with trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, career worries, depression and ADHD. Mandy offers a calm and approachable presence to people who are unsure where to start.
Mandy works in an integrative way, drawing on different methods to match each person’s needs. She uses client-centred ideas to listen without judgement and to build a trusting conversation.
How Mandy works
She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to spot patterns of thinking and action that get in the way. Mindfulness practices are used to help people become more grounded and handle strong emotion in the moment. Solution-focused steps create practical goals and small changes that are easier to try between sessions.
Psychodynamic ideas can help explore how past experiences shape current reactions when that feels helpful. Mandy holds a BACP credential, which reflects her professional registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has six years of experience working in mental health settings.
She draws on both professional practice and lived experience when supporting people. Sessions are offered online by video, phone, chat or messaging to suit different needs. People in the United Kingdom can work with her; she does not take international clients.
To begin, a short questionnaire helps match people before scheduling the first session.
Mandy lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Mandy works with
The areas below are the ones Mandy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- 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
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Mandy commonly uses Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to support people. Client-Centred Therapy means the conversation is led by the person seeking help, with the therapist offering acceptance and active listening to help them find their own answers. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and actions and practising different ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then adapt methods together. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that suits each person rather than fitting everyone to one method.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging offer a written option for reflecting between sessions or for days when typing feels more manageable. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and day-to-day life.
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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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