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 issues that can become difficult to manage.
The practice uses an integrative approach. Therapy is not locked into one method or diagnosis, but shaped around the individual, the issues being brought to therapy and what is actually 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
Experienced, accredited and established in Kildare
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.
The work may draw on humanistic and psychodynamic psychotherapy, CBT, mindfulness-based approaches and trauma-informed practice where they are useful. The method follows the work rather than the other way around.
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. That experience also informs his professional interest in masking, identity and what can happen when somebody spends years feeling different without having a framework for understanding 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.
Kildare Psychotherapy & Counselling also contributes to wider conversations about mental health through workshops, training, radio, podcasts and media appearances.
Workshops built for real audiences.
Mental health talks and workshops for schools, organisations, community groups and professional teams.
Explore Speaking → Media & AppearancesClear commentary on complicated subjects.
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?
Enquiries are welcome for in-person sessions in Kildare Town and online appointments.