Achieve Your Most Important Goals With Affordable, Evidence-Backed Coaching
On average, our clients report feeling significantly happier after six sessions.
Try it for yourself by signing up and booking your first session.
Our coaches can help you with:
Overcome Procrastination
Boost Your Productivity
Break Unhelpful Habits
Build Healthier Routines
How It Works
Sign Up
Become a Clearer Thinking Plus member and get matched
with a coach.
Request Your Coach
Once you become a member, you'll have access to up to two coaching sessions per month.
Work on Your Plan
Meet with your coach and work on your plan together. You can switch coaches at any time.
We Focus on Evidence-Backed Methods
Coaching informed by psychological science.
Coaches use techniques drawn from well-studied approaches in psychology, including:
CBT
Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy
Techniques that help people identify and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns.
ACT
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Methods for acting in alignment with your values, even when emotions are difficult.
MI
Motivational
Interviewing
A structured conversational approach designed to strengthen motivation for change.
These approaches have been widely studied and used in behavioral interventions.
Our Intervention
6 x 45-minute one-to-one video call sessions with a coach
Client-Centered Approach
How Different Factors Impact Effect Size
Therefore, our coaches collaboratively build a plan with the client to tackle the precise issue the client believes is most important. We give our coaches a toolkit of simple but effective techniques derived from proven therapies (e.g., motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance commitment therapy).
For common issues, we provide a default plan coaches and clients can start with, such as:
Behavioural Activation for
low mood / depression
Graded exposure for
fear / phobia / social anxiety
Sleep restriction, sleep hygiene and stimulus control for insomnia
Evidence-backed approaches to Imposter Syndrome
For topics that our training doesn't cover directly, the client and the coach co-design an effective plan:
Agree on what topic to work on
Agree on how to work on it
Strong partnership between equals
However, we can't help with issues beyond our abilities:
Mental
Health Crisis
Immediate risk of self-harm, suicide, or harming others requiring urgent help
Medical
Support
Clinical diagnoses, assessments, medications, or certifying evidence
Specialist
Support
For example, OCD, PTSD, personality disorders, psychosis
Safeguarding Cases
Active abuse, crimes, or radicalisation that require help from local authorities
Triaging and Continuous Risk Assessment
Our sign-up form screens out clients seeking help for issues we cannot support with. If clients get passed the screening, but seem less suitable for our programme, our internal clinical supervisor invites them to a meeting where she will discuss their suitability for our programme and signpost them to local services as needed.
If existing clients who have a coach express that they'd like support for issues we cannot help with, these cases get flagged to our internal clinical supervisor / management for further action.
The Evidence
Clients Feel Better
They like their sessions, like their coach, and would love to recommend our programme to others.
Change in Life Satifaction After Our Programme
On average, clients are 2 points out of 10 happier after 6 sessions.
2 out of 10 happier
after 6 sessions
(n>200)
Rapid Growth from Word of Mouth
300% increase in sign-ups over 12 months despite 70% less paid advertising
Clients Spread the Word
Our growth from word of mouth has increased drastically in the past 12 months.
Feasibility Trial of our Sleep Programme
Results from Feasibility Trial of Sleep Programme
Both effect sizes are comparable to one-to-note CBT-1 delivered by professional therapists. Retention was >80% (n=36)
What Makes Our Coaching Different
Personalized
Whether you want to create a routine, or just need someone to listen, we're here to help!
Affordable
We're able to offer knowledgeable and experienced coaches at a much more affordable price.
Fast
Sessions typically begin within a week. Most see strong results within four sessions.
Effective
Positive feedback from >500 users receiving interventions endorsed by the UN/WHO!
For $99/month, You'll Get
Two Monthly Coaching Sessions,
Plus Some Exclusive Perks
Cancel Anytime: If, for any reason, you regret your decision, you can cancel your subscription by simply emailing info@clearerthinking.org. No hard feelings!
Our Client Stories
The coaching I got from Overcome earned me ~$20k in better fundraising alone. They’ve got a no bullshit approach that works well, and they go above and beyond to deliver it - working weekends, going over the session time limit by 30 minutes, and messaging throughout the week. I now tell other founders about Overcome. It’s really helped me develop professionally and personally.
Sam Emerman
"I came with a goal to reduce my stress and anxiety by at least 50% as well as being able to react to challenges positively (as you may know, being an early-stage co-founder isn’t easy). At the beginning, it seemed like I would not be able to change how I feel and think, but my coach helped me tackle my challenges one at a time. They listened to my priorities and helped me interpret my feelings and thoughts. My coach guided me through my custom program step-by-step, providing homework and useful tools. Each week I made progress and now I feel a lot more empowered to keep doing my job without stress and anxiety encroaching on my personal life too much. I’ve also learned to see my anxiety positively and as something that helps me help animals better, which has been a big breakthrough for me."
Sofia Balderson
"It was a game changer. I turned from being afraid of leaving home to making new friends. I'm so grateful for this opportunity. I will remember it to the end of my days!"
Maksym
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this therapy?
No. Coaching focuses on practical behavior change and goal-setting. Coaches are not licensed therapists.
How often can I schedule sessions?
Navigator members can schedule up to two sessions per month while subscribed.
How long do sessions last?
Sessions typically last about 45 minutes.
Who are the coaches?
Coaches are trained psychology graduates working through our partner organization, Overcome.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Clearer Thinking Plus memberships can be cancelled anytime.
Is $99 a month worth it? I am not sure I can justify it.
$99 covers up to two 45-minute sessions a month, so under $50 a session if you use both. When we asked readers what they would pay for a session, most said under $100 and a third said under $50, so this sits at the low end of what you told us. It is still real money. If you are on the fence, treat it as a two-month experiment: pick one thing you want to change, use your sessions, and cancel if it is not moving. There is no minimum term. Clearer Thinking is a not-for-profit, so what you pay funds our free tools and research.
How do I know whether I need coaching or therapy?
A rough test: if you want to change what you do (start something, stop something, stick to something), coaching fits. If you want to treat a condition or work through trauma, you want a therapist, and we will tell you so. Coaching here is for procrastination, habits, routines like sleep and exercise, stress, everyday social anxiety, and mild to moderate low mood or anxiety. It is not for crises, trauma, abuse, or conditions like OCD or PTSD. If after the first session you find out you actually need therapy, we’re happy to refund you.
What does a coach actually do that I cannot do myself?
The coach is not an expert in your life. You are. They are trained in specific methods for changing behavior (cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing), and their job is to run those methods with you: find what is actually stopping you, agree on a plan, and ask you two weeks later how it went. Most people already know what they should do. The session is the structure that makes it happen.
I do not have time for this right now.
It is 90 minutes a month on video, at times you choose, plus whatever you agree to try between sessions. If you cannot find 90 minutes this month, wait. That is better than paying and not using it. The most common reason people give for stopping is bandwidth, not the coaching, so be honest with yourself about this one before you sign up.
What if I do not click with my coach?
Then switch. You are matched on your goals and what you tell us about yourself, but no match is certain until you have talked. Ask for a different coach at any point, with no explanation needed, and we will rematch you. Nobody is stuck with their first match.
I am not in the UK or the US. Will sessions happen at a time that works for me?
Sessions are one-to-one video calls, so you can join from anywhere. Coaches are based in the UK, with availability across time zones. Tell us your time zone and preferred times when you sign up and we match you with a coach who can meet them. First sessions typically begin within a week. If your coach has to reschedule more than once, email us and we will sort it out.