Denise Clarke

Denise Clarke is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience and an NCPS credential. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and trauma. She also offers support for relationship and family concerns, and for people managing long-term conditions or care-related strain.

Denise believes clients are the experts in their own lives and that therapy should build on individual strengths. Sessions are offered with respect, sensitivity and compassion. She aims to create a calm space where people can speak openly without judgement and work towards practical steps that make daily life easier.

Her approach draws on client-centred ideas alongside attachment-based thinking and cognitive behavioural methods. This means she pays attention to how relationships and patterns affect feelings, while helping people try small changes to thinking and behaviour. Mindfulness and trauma-focused work are also part of what she uses when helpful.

Denise commonly helps with issues such as ADHD, self-esteem, intimacy-related worries, sleep problems, anger and coping with life transitions. She also supports people facing bereavement, chronic illness, caregiving stress and body-image concerns. Her practice attends to both emotional and practical aspects of these problems.

When someone starts, Denise usually agrees a simple plan together that targets the most pressing issues first. She encourages people to move at their own pace and to pick skills that suit their everyday routines. Progress is discussed regularly so sessions remain focused and relevant.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Denise combines client-centred work with attachment-based and cognitive behavioural ideas to shape online sessions that focus on what matters most. Client-centred work means the conversation follows the client’s priorities and pace, helping people feel heard and understood. Attachment-based thinking looks at how close relationships shape emotional patterns and helps identify new ways of relating. Cognitive behavioural techniques involve noticing unhelpful thoughts or behaviours and trying small, practical changes to shift mood and routine.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Denise treats that choice as collaborative and reviews what is working as therapy progresses. She will help the person set clear goals and adjust methods to match needs, preferences and everyday life demands.

Specific session formats are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving or medical appointments and can reduce travel time. Some formats also allow shorter check-ins or sessions that do not require being on camera, which can suit people who prefer quieter or lower-bandwidth contact.