Claire Kelly

Claire Kelly is a counsellor governed by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with three years of formal counselling experience. She also draws on three decades of work as a bodyworker and holistic therapist to inform her approach. Claire focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and parenting challenges, and she works with issues such as body image, ADHD and compassion fatigue.

Claire takes a person-centred approach that encourages people to find their own answers. She aims to listen without judgement and to help clients notice what matters to them. Sessions tend to be conversational and paced to the individual’s needs.

In practice she combines client-centred ways of working with techniques from emotionally-focused work and mindfulness. Those approaches are used to help people manage strong emotions, improve connection with themselves, and build steadier responses to life events. Internal Family Systems ideas are sometimes used to understand different parts of a person’s experience.

Clients often come with a mix of practical and emotional concerns, such as navigating grief, coping with chronic illness, or making changes at work. Claire emphasises collaboration and gradual steps, not quick fixes. She supports people who are ready to explore feelings, notice patterns, and try small changes.

Her base is in the United Kingdom and she offers sessions in English. People who are interested can follow the site’s usual booking steps to be matched and arrange sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

How Claire’s approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy is about being heard and respected. The counsellor mirrors what a person says, asks gentle questions and helps them find their own answers, which can be useful for stress, life changes and parenting concerns.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at feelings and attachment experiences to help people notice patterns in relationships and emotional responses. It can help with intimacy-related problems, grief and reactions to loss.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Claire will discuss different ways of working and recommend what to try first based on a person’s goals and preferences. That process is collaborative and may change as therapy proceeds.

Please check which session formats are offered before booking, because the biography does not list explicit formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work or caregiving, reduce travel time and allow people to have shorter check-ins when needed. Different ways of meeting also allow focus on emotional work, mindfulness practice and reflective conversations without promising a specific format.