About John
John Clare is a person-centred counsellor who offers online therapy for people needing a calm listening space. He aims to create a warm, non-judgemental environment where clients feel heard and understood. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual, whether that is anxiety, grief, trauma, identity, or feeling stuck.
He describes his practice as grounded in empathy and authenticity. Conversations are paced to each person, with an emphasis on deep listening and reflection.
Background and approach
That approach helps people make sense of difficult feelings and find their own next steps. John also works in a primary school supporting social, emotional and mental health. That experience shapes his interest in creative and movement-based ways of expressing emotion.
It also informs how he notices patterns of emotional regulation and relationship dynamics. He draws on a background in education, social care, and community settings to keep his work practical and down to earth. Many clients come to explore anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, relationship patterns, or major life changes.
Sessions aim to help people reconnect with values, regain clarity, and manage overwhelm. John holds NCPS as a credential and practises from the United Kingdom. He offers sessions in English using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
This mix of formats lets people choose what fits their life and needs.
Person-centred approaches for online support
John uses a person-centred approach that focuses on the client’s experience and priorities. This style involves careful listening and reflecting back what is heard so the client can explore feelings and choices. It can be useful for anxiety, low self-esteem, grief and life transitions where understanding your own responses is important.His work in education and community settings also brings creative, movement-informed ideas into sessions when they feel helpful. These methods can open different ways of expressing emotion and help people recognise patterns in how they relate to others and themselves.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and adapt sessions accordingly. That collaborative planning helps make sure the work feels relevant and manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful when connection and visual cues matter, phone works well for lower bandwidth or short check-ins, and messaging suits brief updates or paced reflection. Together these options offer flexibility for fitting therapy around work, caregiving and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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