About

Mark Clarke, counsellor.

Mark Clarke is a person-centred counsellor and the founder of The Great Thriving, a UK-registered private practice working online with English-speaking clients. His clients are gay and bisexual men, often men who are highly capable in every other part of life and have nowhere to put the rest of it.

The practice exists because the counselling gay and bisexual men most often need — unhurried, understanding, and willing to talk about difficult things — is difficult to find without a limit on it, a waiting list in front of it, or a new counsellor halfway through.

The work is person-centred counselling. That means the direction of each session is set by the client rather than by a fixed treatment plan, and there is no assumption about what you ought to conclude. It is slow, collaborative work, and there is room in it for humour.

You can read the full list of services and fees, see what clients say about the work, or book a free 30-minute intro call. There is more on the method itself on the approach page.