Clive Fisher

Clive Fisher draws on both personal experience and eight years of practice to help people through difficult times. He knows what it is to live with anxiety and depression and uses that perspective to offer practical coping strategies. Clive is a BACP practitioner, which means he is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. He aims to make sessions straightforward and focused on what you need now.

Clive trained with an integrative Diploma in Integrative Counselling from a BACP accredited college and blends different approaches to suit each person. He often uses person-centred work alongside cognitive and existential ideas to help people understand patterns and try new ways of coping. Jungian and attachment-based ideas also shape his thinking when they fit the issue.

In addition to his private practice, Clive has worked in community mental health supporting people with long-term difficulties and linking them with services. He also has experience as an independent mental health advocate and has worked in occupational therapy. He holds DBS (CRB) certification, professional indemnity insurance, and receives clinical supervision.

Clive works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and family issues, self-esteem, anger, and compassion fatigue. He also supports people with ADHD, bipolar challenges, adoption and attachment questions, and issues relating to sexuality and kink when relevant to the person.

Sessions aim to build self-awareness and practical skills. Clive focuses on creating a trusting space so people can explore what matters and plan steps forward at a pace that feels manageable.

Approaches that suit online counselling

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It can help with relationship issues, attachment questions, abandonment and family concerns by looking at how past experiences affect current feelings and reactions. Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre of sessions; the counsellor listens, reflects, and helps you find your own solutions which can be useful for self-esteem, anxiety and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thinking and behaviour patterns and helps people try small experiments and new ways of coping with anxiety, depression and anger.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Clive will talk with you about what you want to achieve and suggest methods that fit your goals, preferences and life situation. This is a collaborative process where plans can change as you learn what helps.

Confirm the current session options before booking as the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, avoid travel time and have sessions from a quiet place that suits you. It can also allow shorter check-ins when you need them or reduce the need to be on camera if that feels easier. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and reflective tasks to an online setting so therapy remains practical and focused.