My Background and  Approach

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Hi, I’m Claire — a BACP registered therapist with a Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Counselling and Psychotherapy. I’ve worked in NHS IAPT, community healthcare, and private practice.

I offer a calm, supportive online space where you can talk openly about your thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and we can work together towards the changes you’d like to make. My main approach is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), using proven techniques to help you understand patterns and develop tools that you can continue to use.

Therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all. I enjoy getting to know each client as an individual and integrate person-centred, compassion-focused, narrative, creative, and mindfulness-based approaches, to suit your individual personality and needs.

I aim to provide therapy in an affirming, inclusive way, guided by social and structural understandings of inequality, and always respectful of each person’s lived experience. Everything is confidential, and I work with a highly experienced clinical supervisor to ensure our work is ethical, effective, and focused on your wellbeing.

You can choose short- or longer-term sessions, and there’s space to go at your own pace as we build practical strategies to help you move forward in ways that feel meaningful and manageable.

All of my sessions are Online via video call (Zoom/GoogleMeet/WhatsApp). This keeps sessions more affordable and gives you maximum flexibility to access support from wherever you feel most comfortable.

Clients feedback

  • “I felt miserable and stuck. Claire was really warm and friendly, easy to talk to, gave me space to explore my issues without any judgement and gently nudged me towards ideas and techniques that, little by little, helped me turn my mood around”

  • "I used to dread socialising, and would panic going out. Claire helped me find ways to manage my anxiety. Now I actually enjoy activities again."

  • "As a single parent, I never put myself first and constantly felt guilty for not doing enough. I’m learning how to be kinder to myself. My sessions have become a space where I can say things I can’t share with anyone else"

  • “Claire’s sessions gave me space to grieve a huge life change, and the tools to rediscovered who I am”