Counsellor profile
Clara Bowman, BACP
Counsellor for relationships and trauma
See online counselling options- Person centred approach
- Focus on mood
- Supports LGBT clients
About Clara
Counsellor Clara Bowman is BACP registered and has six years' experience working with people in the United Kingdom. She focuses on relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self esteem and mood concerns such as depression and anxiety. Clara also helps with coping with life changes, stress, eating and sleeping problems, and issues related to parenting and family dynamics.
Clara uses a person-centred style. Sessions are led by the client and move at a pace that feels right for them. She listens to what each person brings and aims to help them gain clearer understanding of their situation. Practical coping ideas are offered alongside space to talk through painful memories or current difficulties.
Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, body image and codependency, autism and Asperger Syndrome, bipolar and ADHD related challenges, and responses to domestic violence and separation. Clara also addresses communication and commitment concerns, control and dependent personality patterns, dissociation, and grief.
She works with LGBT clients and people dealing with anger, disruptive mood regulation and other complex reactions. Clara’s approach stresses collaboration: identifying what matters most to the client and testing small changes to improve day-to-day coping. Sessions aim to combine understanding with practical steps that can be used outside sessions.
Clara accepts people from the UK and international clients who can work in English. Before booking, people should confirm current session options and practical details via the platform’s booking process.
Therapeutic approaches and online counselling
Clara describes her work as person centred, which means the client directs the topics and pace of sessions. This approach helps when someone needs time to talk things through and have their experience understood before making changes. It is often used for relationship worries, low mood and stress.She also offers practical tools alongside talking work to help with day-to-day coping. These tools might include specific exercises for managing anxiety or steps to improve sleep and routine. Such techniques are useful for people who want concrete ways to reduce distress between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Clara will discuss what feels most helpful based on a person’s problems, goals and preferences. That discussion is collaborative and may lead to mixing gentle talking with practical exercises.
Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so people should confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family life, reduce travel, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also suit people who prefer not to be on camera or who need lower bandwidth options.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly work with?
She helps people with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, self esteem, depression and anxiety. The biography also lists grief, eating and sleeping issues, parenting and family concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
She practises in a person centred way, which means sessions are led by the client and run at their pace. Practical coping tools are offered alongside talk work.
How long has she been practising?
She has six years of experience working as a counsellor and psychotherapist.
What professional registration does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients, subject to practical arrangements that are agreed during booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Exact fees are provided through the platform.
How do I start a first session?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session through the booking process.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.