Clare Millichap

Clare Millichap is a BACP counsellor with more than 20 years' experience supporting people through difficult periods. She works from the United Kingdom and offers help to people who are currently living in the UK. Clare aims to create a calm, respectful space where someone can be heard and begin to make sense of what they are facing.

Clare sees stress, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, and issues linked to trauma and abuse. She also supports people dealing with low self-worth, anger, parenting strains, sleep and eating difficulties, intimacy problems, and life changes. Additional areas she attends to include attachment and abandonment concerns, autism and Asperger Syndrome, codependency, dissociation, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.

Her way of working is integrative. She draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to match what the person needs at that time. Sessions are client-led and relational, with attention to trauma-informed practice and sensitivity to each person’s background and values.

Clare can offer counselling from a Christian perspective for those who wish, while welcoming people of all beliefs and identities. She describes herself as calm and gently honest, and aims to walk alongside people as they process their experiences and find their own pace for change.

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, which appears with her professional details. People interested in working together use the site’s Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and book sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online counselling options

Clare uses integrative, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to respond to each person’s situation. One approach focuses on trauma-informed care, which means noticing how past harm can affect current feelings and relationships and working gently to reduce its impact. Another core element is relational work that looks at how patterns in relationships, including attachment and abandonment issues, shape someone’s experience and choices.

Finding the right method is part of the work together. Clare aims to match techniques to a person’s goals and preferences, and she explores options collaboratively during early sessions to decide what to try first and how to adjust as progress is made.

If you are considering online counselling, please confirm the available session formats before booking as the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow a shorter check-in when needed. It can also help people stay consistent through life changes by allowing sessions to be scheduled around work, childcare or mobility needs. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often discuss practicalities such as how to use technology, what to do if interruptions occur, and whether video or audio will best suit the person’s comfort and needs.