Mandy Clarkson, BACP

Mandy Clarkson is a BACP-registered counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting pressures, relationship worries, grief and issues around self-esteem. She also works with people dealing with trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD and intimacy-related concerns. Mandy presents a calm, relaxed manner and aims to create a space where people can talk through difficult feelings at their own pace.

Her background began with training in person-centred therapy, which focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person in the room. Over six years she has moved to a more integrative style, blending techniques from different approaches to match each person’s needs. That can mean using straightforward cognitive-behavioural ideas for anxiety, gentle psychodynamic prompts to look at past patterns, or mindfulness practices to reduce stress.

Mandy draws on lived experience alongside her professional work. She describes herself as warm and down-to-earth, and aims to make sessions feel approachable rather than clinical. People can expect a conversational tone and practical steps to try between meetings.

She has supported individuals with a wide range of concerns including family of origin issues, abandonment, body image, carer stress and coping with life changes. Mandy frames therapy as a collaborative process where the person sets goals and the counsellor helps map a path to them.

If someone is unsure where to start, she encourages a short initial conversation to clarify priorities and decide what a few helpful early steps might look like.

How Mandy's approaches translate to online work

Mandy draws on client-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness in her practical work. Client-centred therapy focuses on careful listening and following what matters to the person; it helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through feelings. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and offers simple exercises to change unhelpful cycles, which is useful for anxiety and mood concerns. Mindfulness therapy introduces brief attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and anchor people when emotions feel overwhelming.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work she does with each person. She treats it as a collaborative process and will discuss options, try techniques, and adapt what’s used based on the person’s goals and preferences. Together they decide what feels most helpful at each stage.

Session formats are not specified in the supplied biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into everyday life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and making it possible to use mindfulness or CBT exercises between sessions. Many people find that the flexibility helps them sustain progress while juggling work, family and other commitments.