- Stress and anxiety
- Relationships and grief
- Mindfulness and CBT
About Brenda
Brenda Clarke-Wills BSc (Hons) Psyche Open MBACP is a counsellor registered with the BACP and has three years' experience including training and volunteering. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem and depression, and also supports people dealing with issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, illness and caregiver stress. Brenda uses clear, practical language and encourages people to notice what is happening for them now.
Her approach is built around understanding how past experiences shape present patterns. She uses psychodynamic ideas to look at origins of recurring problems, and cognitive behavioural tools to develop everyday coping strategies. She also draws on attachment-based thinking and mindfulness to help with emotional regulation and present-moment noticing.
Sessions aim to increase self-awareness and to help people develop resilience and self-regulation. Brenda works with topics like changing relationship patterns, handling bereavement, recovering from trauma, and coping with work-related stress or burnout. She also supports people with body image concerns, codependency and difficulties around control or commitment.
In practical terms she combines short-term strategies with longer conversations about how patterns began. People can expect a client-led style that still offers structured tools when useful. The focus is on learning skills to manage feelings and on understanding the roots of recurrent problems.
If someone is unsure whether this approach fits, Brenda encourages an initial contact to ask questions and decide if the working style feels suitable. She responds openly and aims to help people assess whether to take the next step.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current bonds. Online sessions can use this approach to look at expectations in relationships and to practise new ways of relating in conversation. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and builds specific tools. Remotely this often looks like identifying unhelpful thinking and planning small experiments or exercises to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide whether attachment ideas, CBT or another method fits a person's needs, goals and preferences. That choice can be reviewed as therapy progresses rather than fixed at the start.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them explicitly. Online working can make it easier to fit sessions around work and family life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use approaches like CBT homework and mindfulness practice in their usual environment. Registered or accredited professionals adapt materials and exercises so therapy remains practical and relevant to everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, low self-esteem and depression, plus related issues such as abandonment, caregiver stress and body image concerns.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She combines psychodynamic work to explore how patterns began with cognitive behavioural techniques to build practical coping skills and mindfulness to manage emotions in the present.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years' experience including training and volunteering in counselling settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try sessions?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.