“I was finding it really tough to choose my degree pathway. I was super interested in so many things, and recognised being politically active was important to me…Clare helped me to see that getting where you want to go doesn’t happen in a straight line, and by planning backwards I opted for Engineering. I want a financial career before I ultimately hope to move into politics. I recently received a place to read Engineering Science at the University of Oxford. It’s a dream! I am super excited about getting stuck in!”

“When I got to Uni after a few weeks enjoying Freshers events, the work hit. I felt really unprepared for how much reading I would have to do. The students on my course all seemed a lot smarter than me. I got so anxious I couldn’t work, stopped leaving my room, and felt like I was going to have a panic attack when I attended lectures. I didn’t know what was wrong with me, then I found Clare and everything changed for the better.”

“I got really depressed in my first year. I just didn’t feel like I fitted in. I was lonely, but I didn’t want to let my parents know I wasn’t coping. Clare helped me to reframe everything, and supported me to realise my goals: handing in my assignments and finding friends through boxing classes at the gym.”

“I was in international halls for my first year, and I felt totally overwhelmed and depressed. I couldn't even leave my room to cook, so I was living off take outs. I struggled to make it into college, and I felt like a total loser. When I reached out to Clare, I was contemplating dropping out…now I’m in my second year living in a house with four other girls and really enjoying it. The pressure to perform is still high, but it feels more manageable now.”

“My mother got sick when I was in high school and that made me sure I wanted to be a Doctor. The UK has great training programmes for medicine, but I had no clue how to secure a place. Clare helped me to build up a portfolio of extracurricular activities and gave me the confidence to get in. It’s so different to India in terms of what they’re looking for so I doubt I would have made it to The University of Southampton without the structured approach Clare gave me.”

“When I met up with Clare I’d been made homeless from my flat and I was in debt. It was my third time trying to get through uni, and I was really struggling. We worked on key areas holding me back, mostly to do with me second guessing my ability, high levels of anxiety and processing my past traumas.”

“It’s always been my dream to become an animator, but my social anxiety was making it impossible for me to get through group work and crits in class. I had no friends, and no idea how to resolve my sense of isolation. I’ve been working with Clare for a year now, and now I’m applying to internships, going to a film society and feeling more connected to my classmates.”

“When I met Clare I was at music college in London, I realised it wasn’t the right course of place for me and I was really stressed out. After working through my longer term ambitions with Clare, she helped me to transition to Politics at Kent. I still love playing guitar, but I don’t want to do that for a living.”

“Reading Biomedicine was really challenging. I wanted to go for medical school after my degree, so I knew I needed to get a good grade in my exams. The pressure made me stay in the library for hours everyday, and was spiralling into a very bad place. My perfectionism was making me unable to accept my lower performance. Clare stepped in and designed a strategy and study programme that was realistic as well as working on the psychological stressors holding me back.”