Psychotherapy & Counselling in Kildare Town
Private psychotherapy for adults and adolescents, with in-person appointments in Kildare Town and online sessions.
Kildare Psychotherapy & Counselling works with anxiety, trauma, autism and ADHD, relationship difficulties, grief, low self-esteem, emotional regulation and other difficulties that can affect day-to-day life.
The practice uses an integrative approach, drawing on different therapeutic models according to the person, the issues they bring to therapy and what is useful in the work.
Certified Trauma Specialist
Specialist training in trauma-informed psychotherapy
Rated Outstanding by Clients
WhatClinic ServiceScore based on client interactions
Patient Service Award 2025
WhatClinic Patient Service Award winner
Clinical Experience
More than 15 years of clinical practice
Reasons people come to therapy.
People rarely arrive with one neat problem. These are some of the issues most commonly brought to Kildare Psychotherapy & Counselling.
Anxiety & Stress
When the mind will not switch off, everything feels urgent, or stress has started affecting everyday life.
→Trauma
Understanding what happened, how it continues to show up, and responses that once helped but may no longer be useful.
→Autism & ADHD
Therapy that takes neurodivergence seriously without treating difference as something that needs to be corrected.
→Relationships & Attachment
Understanding attachment, boundaries and relationship patterns that keep repeating despite good intentions.
→Grief & Life Change
Bereavement, separation, loss and periods where life no longer looks the way it did before.
→Self-Esteem
Working with low self-esteem, self-criticism and the beliefs a person has learned about themselves.
→Built around the person, not the label.
Kildare Psychotherapy & Counselling uses an integrative approach rather than applying the same model to every client.
Depending on what is needed, the work may draw on humanistic and psychodynamic psychotherapy, CBT, mindfulness-based approaches and trauma-informed practice.
Session Information →
Allan Clarke
Kildare Psychotherapy & Counselling was founded by Allan Clarke, an accredited psychotherapist and Certified Trauma Specialist with 15 years of clinical experience.
His clinical work includes adults, adolescents, parents and neurodivergent clients, with particular experience in trauma, anxiety, attachment, identity and emotional regulation.
Allan was diagnosed autistic in adulthood. His own late diagnosis informs his work with masking, identity and the experience of spending years feeling different without knowing why.
About Allan“He helped me to understand my issues in a completely positive and different way.”
Male client
Read More Client Testimonials →Mental health in public conversation.
Allan also works outside the therapy room through workshops, training, radio, podcasts and media interviews.
Mental health workshops people can actually use.
Mental health talks and workshops for schools, organisations, community groups and professional teams.
Explore Speaking → Media & AppearancesMental health commentary without the jargon.
Media contributions on mental health, trauma, autism, relationships, behaviour and emotional wellbeing.
Explore Media → PodcastStraight Talking Mental Health
125 episodes covering mental health, relationships, trauma, parenting, neurodivergence and subjects that rarely fit into tidy conversations.
Explore Podcast →Thinking about starting therapy?
To ask a question or arrange an appointment, get in touch for in-person sessions in Kildare Town or online.