Clive Fisher, BACP

Clive Fisher is a counsellor with eight years' practical experience and personal insight into living with anxiety and depression. He holds a Diploma in Integrative Counselling from a BACP accredited college and is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Clive draws on his own recovery journey to help people build self-awareness and everyday coping strategies. He aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can talk about what’s happening now and find ways to move forward. Sessions are shaped around the person rather than a fixed formula.

In addition to private practice, Clive works in community mental health. There he supports people with long-term mental health problems and helps connect them to statutory and voluntary services. He has also worked as an independent mental health advocate and alongside occupational therapy teams.

Clive uses an integrative approach, combining humanistic, psychodynamic, cognitive and existential ideas to match what each person needs. He places particular focus on anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship and family issues, loss and trauma.

He also supports people with ADHD, bipolar, caregiver stress, adoption and fostering concerns, ageing and geriatric issues, and a wide range of attachment and identity-related matters. His practice follows the BACP's ethical framework and he maintains DBS (CRB) certification, professional indemnity insurance and clinical supervision.

How Clive’s approaches translate to online therapy

Clive commonly draws on Attachment-Based, Client-Centred and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) ideas in his work. Attachment-Based approaches look at how early relationships shape current patterns and help people change unhelpful relational habits. Client-Centred work focuses on listening, acceptance and helping people discover their own solutions. CBT examines how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and offers clear strategies to break cycles of anxiety or low mood.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Clive will work collaboratively to see which methods suit your goals and preferences, and he will adjust the mix as you progress. You and the therapist can discuss what feels most useful and practical over time.

The original biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around daily life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people access support when local services are limited, while still allowing for the same therapeutic focus and techniques used in face-to-face work.