Denise Clarke
Supportive counsellor focusing on relationships and wellbeing
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About Denise
Denise Clarke is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with NCPS on her record and five years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, grief, depression or stress. She also supports those facing relationship and family difficulties and people coping with trauma and loss.
Denise believes clients know their own story and brings a respectful, non-judgemental manner to sessions. She encourages people to build on their strengths and to set practical goals they feel comfortable with.
Background and approach
Early sessions typically focus on understanding what matters most to the individual and agreeing a straightforward plan. Her work draws on client-centred ideas that put the person at the heart of decision making. Denise also uses attachment-based thinking to look at how important relationships shape feelings, and cognitive behavioural strategies to tackle distressing thoughts and habits.
Sessions are explained in plain language and paced to each person's needs. Denise aims to make starting therapy doable and to help people find small, usable steps for change. She provides a treatment plan that reflects the concerns discussed in the room.
People come to her for a wide range of issues, including sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD-related challenges, compassion fatigue and intimacy issues. Denise also addresses more specialised areas such as chronic illness, caregiving stress and body image in a straightforward way.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 5
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS23-00002
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Denise's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Denise works with
Everything Denise lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Denise lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Denise works online
She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT offers straightforward tools to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and change unhelpful patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Denise discusses options with each person and together they choose methods that match goals and preferences. That collaboration helps shape how sessions proceed and what steps come next.
The therapist biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm the exact online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also gives flexibility for people who travel or live abroad, since she accepts international clients. Registered or accredited professionals, including counsellors, often use online sessions to carry out the same therapeutic tasks as in-person work, such as talking through recent events, practising CBT techniques and developing an ongoing treatment plan.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems can be discussed in sessions?
Denise works with a wide range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, bipolar issues, trauma and relationship or family difficulties.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is respectful and non-judgemental, using client-centred conversations and practical techniques to help people set goals and manage difficult feelings.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience supporting people with emotional and relational difficulties.
What credentials and region are listed?
Her credential is NCPS and she practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current options with the service before booking.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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