Clare Pruen
Compassionate person-centred counselling
About Clare
Clare Pruen is a Person-Centred counsellor and a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). She trained after two decades as a holistic therapist and combines that background with her counselling work. Her practice focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating difficulties and relationship concerns.
Clare is experienced in supporting survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and abuse. Clare describes her way of working as warm and down-to-earth.
Background and approach
She aims to create a calm space where people can speak openly and be heard without judgement. Sessions are paced to each person, with Clare following the lead of the client while offering reflective feedback and practical ideas when helpful. Her earlier training in holistic therapies informs a whole-person perspective.
Clare notices how thoughts, emotions and physical sensations interact, and she helps people make connections between them. That can be useful when working with grief, intimacy-related issues, anger or depression. Clare has seven years of counselling experience and holds a degree in Health Science with Complementary Therapies.
She also has qualifications in aromatherapy, Reiki and crystal therapy from her prior work. The BACP membership reflects the professional standard she follows. People who contact Clare usually want compassionate listening plus practical steps to handle difficult feelings.
She supports clients as they identify goals and try small changes. The approach is collaborative and focused on what will work for each individual.
What Clare works with
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Sessions & fees
Person-centred care and online support
Person-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The counsellor offers empathy and acceptance while helping the person find their own solutions. This approach is useful for issues like anxiety, depression, grief and relationship concerns because it centres on the person's experience and pace.Clare's holistic background means she pays attention to how physical feelings, emotions and thoughts connect. That perspective can help when working with stress, eating difficulties or the after-effects of abuse, by encouraging simple self-awareness and gradual change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Clare will discuss goals and preferences and help choose methods that suit the person's needs. The aim is to try things collaboratively and adjust as required so the sessions feel useful and manageable.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual contact for deeper conversation, phone sessions work well when a quieter option is needed, and live chat or text messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit counselling around work, family responsibilities and travel, while keeping the focus on meaningful, goal-oriented progress.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Sexual assault and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
