Clarinda Burns, BACP

Clarinda Burns is a counsellor who uses a person-centred approach to help people explore what brought them to therapy. She places the client at the centre of sessions and aims to create a calm space where people can talk through worries and feel heard.

She has 14 years of experience working with a wide range of concerns. These include stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. She also supports people with relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career worries and coping with life changes.

Clarinda combines client-centred work with attachment-based, cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic approaches. That mix lets her offer structure when needed, and also space to look at long-standing patterns. She helps people spot unhelpful thinking, understand past influences and build clearer ways of coping.

Sessions focus on what each person wants to achieve. Clarinda aims to help people feel more grounded and more able to make decisions that suit them. She explains what can realistically be worked on within a given time and keeps the process straightforward.

People who come to her can expect calm, practical support and a steady guide through difficult emotions. The goal is to help people find greater control, clarity and confidence as they move forward.

How Clarinda's approaches work online

Clarinda draws on client-centred and attachment-based work alongside cognitive behavioural ideas. Client-centred work focuses on keeping the person and their goals central, offering listening and reflection to help people clarify what matters. Attachment-based work looks at how past relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice repeating dynamics.

Cognitive behavioural ideas are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding. That can be useful for anxiety, low mood or problems with sleep and eating. The therapist will use these approaches to match what each person needs rather than sticking to one fixed method.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The counsellor will discuss goals and preferences, try different ways of working and adjust the plan as progress is made. That collaborative stance helps people feel involved in their own change.

The biography did not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a busy day or making it simpler to join from another location. Registered or accredited professionals can use online sessions to offer continuity of care while tailoring pace and tools to each person's needs.