About Clare
Clare Brentnall is a psychodynamic counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She has four years of professional experience and focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or depression. Clare aims to create a calm space where people can talk about difficult feelings and think about what matters to them.
Her way of working draws on psychodynamic ideas. She helps people notice links between past experiences and current patterns of behaviour.
Background and approach
Sessions give time to think about feelings, relationships and the stories people tell about themselves. Clare emphasises practical support as well as reflection. She works with people on relationship concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger and low self-esteem.
She also helps those facing life changes to find ways of coping that feel manageable. Clients can expect a person-centred approach that treats them as the expert on their own life. Clare listens for strengths and resources and uses these as part of the work.
She recognises that starting therapy takes courage and aims to make the process straightforward and respectful. Over sessions Clare and the person in therapy look at patterns that keep causing difficulty. They then try different ways of understanding those patterns and testing new responses.
The focus is on building clearer self-understanding and practical steps to feel steadier day to day.
Psychodynamic counselling and online access
Psychodynamic counselling helps people explore how earlier relationships and events influence their current feelings and behaviour. It often involves talking about memories, recurring patterns and emotional responses to better understand why some reactions keep happening. This approach can be useful for anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief and working through repeated ways of coping.Therapy is collaborative and finding the right approach is part of the work. Clare will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then tailor the psychodynamic focus to the person's needs. Together they check in on what is working and adjust the way sessions run as the process unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for a near face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed, and live chat or messaging can suit shorter reflections or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options help people fit counselling around work, family and life commitments while keeping continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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