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Clearing Book a first conversation

Talking therapy · in person & online · Bristol

A quiet hour that's actually yours.

Clearing is a small therapy practice — three therapists, two calm rooms, no waiting-room fish tank. People come with anxiety, grief, stuck patterns, or just a sense that something needs saying out loud. All of those are the right reason.

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Soft light through linen curtains onto a small plant on a windowsill

How it works

What actually happens.

Therapy is less mysterious than its reputation. Here's the shape of it, honestly described.

  1. The first conversation

    Twenty minutes, free, no couch. You say what's bringing you; we say honestly whether we're the right fit — and refer you kindly if we're not.

  2. The early sessions

    Weeks one to four are mostly you talking and being properly heard, possibly for the first time in a while. It's simpler than you feared and harder than it sounds.

  3. The middle

    The patterns show up — they always do — and the work becomes gently naming them. Some sessions feel like weather. You keep coming. It keeps working.

  4. The review

    Every six sessions we ask out loud: is this helping? Therapy shouldn't drift on politeness. Sometimes the answer is 'we're done', and that's a good day.

What we work with

The ordinary heavy things.

Anxiety that hums under everything. Grief, recent or twenty years old. Burnout wearing a competence costume. Relationships that repeat. The low fog that doesn't have a dramatic name but takes the colour out of weeks.

We work integratively — mostly talking, sometimes tools, always at your pace. No jargon unless you ask for it, and even then, in moderation.

A warm, lived-in sitting room with soft cushions and plants

The practice

Small on purpose.

50 Minutes, fully yours, phone off in a drawer
3 Therapists, all accredited, all in ongoing supervision
6 Sessions between honest reviews
0 Judgement. Genuinely. It stops surprising people
Often said here
You don't need to be in crisis to deserve an hour.
Said in most first conversations, meant in all of them

Fees

Plain numbers.

Therapy is an investment we refuse to make mysterious. Concession places exist and asking about them is normal.

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The First Conversation

£0 twenty minutes

Free, always, with the therapist you'd actually see. Fit matters more than credentials — this is where you feel for it.

  • In person or video
  • No obligation, no follow-up pressure
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The Session

£65 50 minutes, weekly

The standard arrangement. Weekly to start; the rhythm loosens as things settle.

  • Same therapist, same slot
  • In person or online, your call
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Concession

£38 same 50 minutes

A third of our diary is held at this rate for students, carers and thin months. The sessions are identical.

  • No proof required, just say
  • Same rooms, same care
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What clients say

I rehearsed my first session in the car like a job interview. Ten minutes in I understood there was no exam. Eighteen months later I graduated, her word, and cried in a nice way.
AnonymousFinished, well
The six-session review felt radical. A professional asking 'is this actually helping?' and meaning it. It was. I said so. We kept going.
R., 34Year one
I took the concession rate during a thin winter and was treated identically. That dignity was, itself, therapeutic.
AnonymousConcession place

Start

Twenty minutes, no couch.

Pick a time; tell us as little or as much as you like beforehand. Nervousness is normal and welcome — most good things start with it.

Visitors pick a date and time here, then leave their details.

Open
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Hours
09:00–19:00
Slots
09:00 · 09:20 · 09:40 · 10:00 · 10:20 · 10:40 …

The rooms

First floor, the green door on Cotham Hill.

Two rooms, a kettle, and a waiting chair by the window that clients have described as 'the first good part'. Online sessions work just as well in your own chair.

Email
hello@example.com
Phone
+44 117 555 0148
Address
Bristol
Hours
Mon–Fri 9–19 Replies within one working day, always