- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Claire
Claire Kelly is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of counselling experience and a background in bodywork and holistic therapies. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and describes herself as trauma informed. Claire aims to make the first step easier for people who are feeling overwhelmed by life changes or painful events.
She uses a person-centred approach that invites people to lead the pace and focus of sessions.
Background and approach
That means Claire listens carefully and helps clients notice their own strengths. Sessions are straightforward and grounded in everyday language rather than jargon. Claire combines person-centred work with emotionally-focused ideas to help people look at how they relate to others and to themselves.
She also uses mindfulness tools to reduce stress and to soothe strong emotions. These methods can be helpful for issues such as anxiety, grief, trauma, compassion fatigue and parenting concerns. Her wider background in bodywork and holistic practice influences how she pays attention to physical and emotional signals together.
Claire helps people reconnect with a sense of purpose and balance after loss, illness or big life shifts. She supports exploration of identity, attachment patterns and difficult relationship dynamics. Sessions are conversational and practical.
Claire works with clients to set small, achievable goals and to build ways of coping that fit day-to-day life. She frames the work as a collaborative process aimed at clearer thinking, steadier emotions and more manageable routines.
What Claire works with
Everything Claire lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Claire helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- ADHD
- Intimacy-related issues
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Claire lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches you can try online
Claire works from a person-centred base that lets the client set the pace and focus of sessions. Client-Centred Therapy involves attentive listening and reflecting back what you say so you can notice your own answers. This approach helps when someone needs space to make sense of life changes or parenting challenges.She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how feelings shape relationships and attachment. EFT helps people understand patterns that cause distress and to practise new ways of relating in everyday life. Mindfulness Therapy is offered as a practical set of skills to reduce anxiety and steady the nervous system through breathing and present-moment noticing.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with you about goals, personal preferences and what feels most helpful. Together you can try different methods and adjust the plan over time so the sessions stay useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let you see body language and have a fuller conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text messaging can suit brief check-ins or day-to-day support. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and medical appointments while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
Questions people ask about Claire
What concerns does Claire work with?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and ADHD among other issues. Additional areas include career strain, intimacy-related issues and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person centred and collaborative, with clear, down-to-earth conversation. She uses emotionally focused ideas and mindfulness to help clients regulate feelings and improve relationships.
What is her background and experience?
Claire has three years of counselling experience and three decades of work in bodywork and holistic therapies. She describes herself as trauma informed and draws on that wider experience in sessions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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