Clare Brentnall, BACP

Clare Brentnall is a UK-based psychodynamic counsellor with 4 years of professional experience and BACP accreditation, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works from a psychodynamic perspective, helping people examine how earlier experiences and familiar patterns shape current feelings, thoughts, and behaviour. This approach creates space to reflect on oneself and on relationships, and to make sense of emotional patterns that repeat over time.

Clare has supported clients dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, and depression, offering a steady presence while exploring the underlying influences on everyday challenges. She approaches work with the conviction that each person is the expert on their own life and already holds many strengths that can be drawn on in therapy. Clare sees the act of seeking a fuller, more satisfying life as a courageous step and aims to provide thoughtful support throughout that journey.

Her practice emphasises listening, exploration, and collaboration, helping individuals notice the connections between past experience and present response so they can make choices that feel more aligned with their goals and values.