Brenda Clarke-Wills BSc (Hons) Psyche Open MBACP, BACP

Brenda Clarke-Wills BSc (Hons) Psyche Open MBACP offers a compassionate, non-judgemental space where people can explore their emotional and psychological experience. She supports clients to honour their intentions and to build greater self-awareness, a foundation she sees as central to developing a healthier sense of self. Through exploration of underlying patterns and origins of difficulty, she helps people learn tools for resilience, self-regulation and emotional healing that can support meaningful, lasting change.

Brenda works with an integrative approach tailored to each person’s preferences and circumstances. She draws on psychodynamic ideas to trace how present difficulties may have developed, uses cognitive behavioural techniques to create practical strategies for unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and incorporates person-centred principles to keep the therapeutic relationship client-led and collaborative. With three years of experience, including training and volunteering, she combines these modalities to address issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief and self-esteem concerns.

Brenda aims to make the first step into therapy less daunting by responding openly and promptly to enquiries. She encourages prospective clients to ask questions so they can determine whether her way of working and clinical background are the right match for their needs. BSc (Hons) indicates a bachelor’s degree with honours and MBACP denotes membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Approaches That Guide Online Therapeutic Work

Brenda integrates Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early and close relationships influence current patterns of relating and emotional responses; this approach can help with attachment issues, relationship difficulties and feelings of abandonment. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, offering practical strategies for anxiety, depression and stress. In addition she employs Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques to teach skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful for intense emotions and relationship challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Brenda works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals and preferences, and may adapt techniques over time so the work stays relevant and effective.

Online therapy with Brenda is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, support continuity when travel is difficult, and allow people to choose the format that feels most comfortable for them.