I’m a historian, psychologist and writer working on AI, power and inner life.
I research and write, practise clinically, and advise on AI ethics and psychological risk. I’m interested in how markets, institutions and technologies move from shaping the world around us to shaping the world within us.
The deeper question is:
What, exactly, are we being asked to adapt to?
- Economic, cultural and algorithmic systems increasingly shape inner life.
- Anxiety, burnout and disconnection can be responses to those conditions — not simply personal failures.
- Visibility, acceleration and constant self-management intensify the pressure.
- AI is extending this influence into judgement, care, identity and everyday choice.
The stakes are no longer futuristic. AI is entering work, education, care and relationships before we have agreed what should remain human.
I have worked on both sides of that divide — in strategy consulting and technology product development, and in teaching and clinical practice. I know the gap between what systems intend and what people experience.
About Dr Clare
I hold a research PhD and have advanced doctoral training in practitioner psychology. Living and working across Europe, Asia and the US has shown me how quickly ideas of status, belonging and normality shift across contexts. I write fiction and nonfiction about the forces that shape modern lives.
Ways Into the Work
Writing, conversation, advisory and clinical work across psychology, technology and public life.
Psychological Practice
Research-informed, depth-oriented psychotherapy for adults, couples and families, integrating developmental, relational, neurobiological and mind–body perspectives. I work particularly with complex trauma, neurodivergence and perfectionistic or compulsive patterns. BACP-registered with advanced doctoral training in practitioner psychology.
Books & Ideas
Writing is where thought slows and sharpens. The Algorithmic State (forthcoming) examines how markets, institutions and technologies shape inner life; Borderless (2027) explores belonging and power across borders. The Algorithmic Mind podcast features conversations on the forces shaping how we think, work, relate and live.
Advisory & Speaking
AI is reshaping behaviour, trust and decision-making. I work with organisations, founders and public leaders on its psychological and ethical implications — from human risk and responsible design to the wider consequences of introducing intelligent systems into everyday life. The aim is to identify risk early, before it becomes embedded in products, policy or practice.
Breaking Barriers
Release the psychological blockers
to your academic success
Academic Advising
Improve performance wellbeing
and employability
What feels personal is often designed
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Photography Credits
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- Oliver Doran
- Tamsin Hurrell
- Nick James
- Kirill Kozlov
- Anna Gawedzka