Clare Millichap, BACP

Clare Millichap is a counsellor with over 20 years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She offers calm, compassionate support for people feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure how to move forward. Clare welcomes people from all backgrounds and can work from a Christian perspective if requested.

She helps with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, low mood, grief and loss. Clare also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, eating and sleeping difficulties, and struggles with self-esteem. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, dissociation, autistic spectrum concerns and feelings of emptiness and isolation.

Her way of working is integrative. Clare draws on several evidence-based therapeutic techniques to match what each person needs. Sessions are client-led and relational, with attention to trauma-informed care and practical steps for day-to-day coping.

Clare aims to create a space where clients can be heard without judgement. She uses straightforward conversation, gentle honesty and reflective listening to help people make sense of their experiences. The focus is on small, manageable changes and building resilience over time.

People who choose Clare often come wanting someone to walk beside them while they process difficult feelings and decisions. She supports each person at their own pace and helps them find clearer direction, greater self-acceptance and more reliable ways of coping.

How Clare adapts therapeutic approaches for online work

Clare uses a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques in a flexible way to meet each person's needs. One common strand is trauma-informed relational work, which focuses on building a steady, trustworthy relationship and helping people understand how past hurts shape current feelings and reactions. This approach is useful for those processing abuse, attachment wounds or dissociation.

Another frequently used element is practical coping skills drawn from cognitive and behavioural methods. These are simple strategies to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and manage mood day to day, often taught in short, repeatable exercises that people can try between sessions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. Clare works collaboratively to decide what fits best for each person, adjusting methods as goals and needs become clearer. She aims to help clients feel involved in planning their work and to build tools they can use outside sessions.

If you are considering online work, please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow a quicker check-in when needed and reduce travel time. It can also let people use quieter surroundings or switch to audio-only when that suits them better than video.