Clare McLaughlin

I offer therapy sessions in-person, on the telephone and online via video. I have availability for weekdays, inc. evenings and Saturday mornings.

Hello and welcome to my page. My name is Clare and I am a Psychodynamic Counsellor. The Psychodynamic approach in counselling helps to explore your internal world by thinking about your childhood and your earlier experiences and how they can influence your feelings, responses and behaviours as an adult. 

I work relationally within this model which means I will meet you where you are emotionally. I provide a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space where you can explore any difficult or overwhelming thoughts and feelings you are experiencing at a depth that feels comfortable to you. 

We are all unique and so are our experiences, I will work with you to help make sense of your experiences and feelings to help empower you to make the changes you are looking for.

I offer individual therapy to adults aged 18+. I am experienced in working with trauma, self-harm, suicidal ideation, anxiety and depression, but I am here to support you through any overwhelming challenges and stressful life events you may be facing.

Sometimes the first step can be can the hardest. Taking this journey can be difficult and challenging so I am here to work together with you to help guide you through this experience.

If you would like to contact me about starting counselling then please get in touch.

If you have any questions or uncertainties I offer a free 15minute call to help and go through any of these queries you might have. 

If it feels right for you, we can arrange for an initial consultation, which will last up to an hour and will give you the opportunity to decide if you would like to work with me. There is no obligation to continue if it doesn't feel right for you.

If we decide to work together then we can schedule in sessions that would be 50minutes long and would usually be held on the same day and at the same time each week.

Depending on what feels comfortable for you and what you would like to think about we can do either short-term therapy, which is an agreed number of weeks together or long-term therapy which is usually open ended where we can think as we progress when it feels right to end.