Linda Clark

Are you looking for someone to support you in exploring the challenges you're facing in a genuine and non-judgemental way? I work with clients to reflect on their experiences, make meaningful changes, build resilience, and grow personally. Counselling can feel like a big step, so I aim to offer a safe, compassionate space and a therapeutic relationship filled with warmth, energy, and a touch of humour.

Particular interests:

I have experience working with anxiety, depression, bereavement, trauma, relationship issues, infertility issues, work-related issues, family conflict, parenting, abuse, cultural issues (expats and returning expats), boarding school survivors, self-esteem, emotional unavailability, men鈥檚 issues, women鈥檚 issues, life-coaching and personal development. I鈥檝e worked with clients from all walks of life and life stages from students, to stay-at-home parents, to senior managers. I鈥檝e also had a corporate career, worked as a language teacher, held volunteering roles, and raised a family: all of which help me understand my clients.

I鈥榤 British but have lived in six countries across four continents. I grew up speaking English at home and French outside the home. I鈥檓 therefore particularly interested in cultural issues, and the difficulties of living outside one鈥檚 home country. I speak French and Spanish.

As part of my training, I worked with individuals and couples experiencing relationship, family and professional issues; couples undergoing fertility treatment; and students and teenagers with unplanned pregnancies.

I tailor my approach to each client鈥檚 needs. I鈥檓 a person-centred and integrative counsellor meaning I believe you have the skills to overcome the challenges you鈥檙e facing and I draw on multiple therapeutic approaches to help you tap into these and flourish.

I work with individuals aged 18 and above. I work both face-to-face and online (I have training in this area). I also offer 鈥榃alk and Talk Therapy鈥� on Clapham or Wandsworth Common if you like being in nature.

I offer a free, 10 minute, phone or Zoom chat before you commit to a face-to-face or online appointment.

I have therapy rooms at the Clapham Therapy Rooms, Battersea Rise, SW11.

I offer both long and short-term therapy. I draw from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Emotion Freedom Technique (鈥渢apping鈥�), Person-Centred Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Solutions-Focused Therapy. I also use my Gottman Method Couples Therapy training to help individuals strengthen their relationships (but I do not work with couples). 

I offer a free, 10 minute, phone or Zoom chat before you commit to a face-to-face or online appointment.

Your first session is an opportunity for you to share, in a safe, non-judgemental setting, whatever issues are dominating your life. Together,  we'll prioritise the areas you'd like to focus on and agree your goals for therapy.

This first session is also important as it is the first time we will meet each other. It's important that we both feel comfortable working with each other as this will form the foundation of a rewarding and constructive therapeutic relationship.