- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Person-centred approach
- Mindfulness practice
About Claire
Claire Kelly is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of counselling experience. She also draws on three decades of bodywork and holistic therapy background to inform her work with people facing tough life moments.
She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and grief. She also supports those coping with parenting pressures, ADHD, intimacy-related concerns, work stress and compassion fatigue. Claire lists additional focus areas such as attachment and bereavement-related issues, adoption and foster care matters, chronic illness and caregiver stress.
Claire uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy as one of her approaches and works from a person-centred stance. In practice this means she encourages people to name and track emotions, notice relational patterns, and follow their own sense of what matters. She also uses mindfulness techniques and Internal Family Systems ideas to help people notice inner parts and shift how they relate to difficult feelings.
Sessions are conversational and paced to each person. She aims to help people talk through what is happening now, understand repeated patterns, and make changes that feel manageable. Claire highlights practical coping skills alongside reflective work about relationships and identity.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Claire uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify core emotions and shift recurring interaction patterns. EFT is often used when emotions and attachment needs are hard to name and when people want to change how they respond in close relationships.She also draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on listening, reflecting and following the client's concerns so they can find their own direction. Mindfulness Therapy is used to help people notice thoughts and bodily sensations, and to learn brief practices that reduce reactivity and improve attention.
Finding the right approach is something to work through together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels workable, and will adapt the mix of EFT, person-centred listening and mindfulness accordingly.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, avoid travel time, or choose a shorter check-in when that suits. Many people find virtual meetings helpful for continuity of care and for keeping conversation focused on immediate concerns.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, intimacy-related issues, career stress and compassion fatigue, among other related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She combines a person-centred way of working with Emotionally-Focused Therapy, mindfulness and Internal Family Systems ideas to help people name emotions and notice patterns.
How much experience does she have?
Claire has three years of counselling experience and draws on around 30 years of prior bodywork and holistic therapy experience.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients.
How are sessions charged?
Costs vary with location and sessions are billed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.