Allan Clarke, MSc, BSc (Hons), MIACP
Psychotherapist | Performance & Mental Health Consultant | Speaker & Facilitator
Allan Clarke
Accredited psychotherapist and Certified Trauma Specialist based in Kildare Town.
Allan is the founder of Kildare Psychotherapy & Counselling and has 15+ years of clinical experience working with adults, adolescents, parents and neurodivergent clients.
His work includes anxiety, trauma, attachment and relationship difficulties, autism and ADHD, grief, emotional regulation, identity and self-esteem.
Alongside his clinical practice, Allan delivers mental health workshops and training and contributes to public conversations about psychology, relationships, trauma and neurodivergence through radio, podcasts and other media.
Clinical experience
Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy
Certified Trauma Specialist
The person comes before the method.
Allan works integratively, with Humanistic and Psychodynamic psychotherapy forming the central foundations of his clinical approach.
Rather than applying the same model to every person, different ways of working can be brought into therapy according to the individual, what they are experiencing and what is useful at that point in the work.
This can include structured approaches such as CBT alongside relational, experiential, mindfulness-based and trauma-informed work.
Approaches that may inform the work.
The approach used in therapy depends on the client and the work rather than on allegiance to one particular model.
Understanding difference without treating it as defect.
Allan was diagnosed autistic in adulthood. That lived experience sits alongside his professional training and has informed a particular clinical interest in autism, neurodivergence, masking and identity.
For many people, receiving a diagnosis later in life can reorganise the way they understand their history, relationships and previous difficulties. Therapy can provide space to make sense of that without beginning from the assumption that neurodivergent difference needs to be corrected.
Autism, ADHD & Neurodivergence →Professional training.
MSc in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy
BSc (Hons) in Counselling & Psychotherapy
Middlesex University, London
Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy
PCI College
Certificate in the Therapeutic Use of Mindfulness
Certificate in Narrative Therapy
Certificate in Trauma-Informed Therapy
Accredited and professionally accountable.
Fully accredited member of the IACP
Certified Trauma Specialist
Full professional insurance
Ongoing clinical supervision and professional development
Practice conducted in accordance with IACP ethical standards
Areas of particular experience.
Allan works across a broad range of presenting issues, with particular clinical experience in the following areas.
Anxiety & Chronic Stress
Trauma & PTSD
Autism & ADHD
Relationships & Attachment
Grief & Loss
Self-Esteem & Self-Criticism
Identity & Emotional Regulation
Men’s Mental Health
Ongoing training is a significant part of the practice.
Allan continues to undertake substantial additional training across trauma, attachment, anxiety, neurobiology, relational psychotherapy, body-based work and mindfulness.
Mental health outside the therapy room.
Allan also works as a speaker, facilitator and mental health commentator, bringing psychological ideas into public, professional and community settings.
Workshops and mental health talks.
Training and presentations for schools, organisations, sports teams, professional groups and community settings.
Explore Speaking → Media & AppearancesPsychology in public conversation.
Radio, podcast and media contributions on mental health, trauma, relationships, autism, behaviour and wellbeing.
View Media Work → PodcastStraight Talking Mental Health
Long-form conversations about mental health, relationships, parenting, trauma and subjects that do not always fit neatly into traditional mental health discussion.
Explore Podcast →Considering therapy?
In-person appointments are available in Kildare Town, with online sessions also available where appropriate.