Alan Clucas, BACP

Alan Clucas is a United Kingdom based therapist with 12 years of professional experience supporting people through addiction, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and major life transitions. He works from a strengths-based perspective that recognizes each person as the expert in their own story and aims to build on existing resources to navigate challenges and reach more fulfilling, sustainable change.

Alan holds a BACP credential, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, reflecting his commitment to recognised professional standards in the UK. He offers practical, empathetic support for a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship and family issues, grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting, and career-related stress. His practice also addresses more specific needs such as abandonment, dissociation, co-morbidity, and substance use challenges.

Clients can expect a collaborative, respectful approach that values courage and paced progress. Alan combines client-centered listening with techniques drawn from motivational interviewing and somatic work to help clients clarify goals, increase motivation, and reconnect with physical and emotional experience. He welcomes international clients and adapts his approach to each person’s circumstances and preferences.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Alan integrates client-centered therapy, motivational interviewing, and somatic therapy into his online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person’s own goals guide the work and the therapist offers empathy and reflection to foster self-understanding and growth. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative conversation style designed to explore and strengthen a person’s own motivation to change, which can be especially useful for addictions, lifestyle changes, and ambivalence about treatment. Somatic therapy brings attention to bodily sensations and how the body holds stress or trauma, helping clients reconnect with physical experience to support emotional regulation and resilience.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Alan works together with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the mix of techniques over time as progress unfolds. This collaborative stance helps ensure therapy feels relevant and workable for the individual.

Online therapy with Alan is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility. These options allow people to engage from different locations and schedules, making it easier to maintain continuity of care while fitting therapy into everyday life.