Clive Fisher, BACP

Clive Fisher draws on eight years of practice and his own experience of anxiety and depression to support people who are struggling. He trained at a BACP accredited college and holds a Diploma in Integrative Counselling. He is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and follows its professional guidance.

Clive aims to help people build self-awareness and practical coping strategies. He favours a person-centred way of working, helping clients feel heard and understood before deciding what to try next. Sessions are shaped around each person’s needs rather than a fixed formula.

In his broader work he supports people connected to community mental health services and has experience as an independent mental health advocate and in occupational therapy. That background informs how he links clients to local statutory and voluntary resources when needed.

Clive uses an integrative counselling style. He draws on elements from attachment-based work, cognitive approaches and existential ideas, along with psychodynamic perspectives where helpful. This mix lets him adapt to different problems such as anxiety, low mood, trauma and relationship concerns.

Clients often bring worries about self-esteem, grief, parenting, career strain, ADHD or burnout and compassion fatigue. He also works with issues around sexuality, body image, attachment and neurodiversity. Together with each client he explores practical steps and longer term themes to find useful ways forward.

How his approaches work in online counselling

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps when people struggle with trust, closeness or fear of abandonment by mapping past patterns and trying new ways of connecting. Client-centred therapy places emphasis on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The counsellor offers empathy and reflection so clients can explore feelings and find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns; it can be useful for anxiety, low mood and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Clive will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs and preferences. That choice is collaborative and may change as work progresses.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins between appointments. It can also allow people to try different ways of working while keeping sessions consistent with daily life. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and conversations to suit phone or video meetings if those formats are offered.