Claire Coker-Beyer , BACP

Claire Coker-Beyer is a counsellor who helps people build self-confidence and manage anxiety. She focuses on worries that affect work, relationships and daily life. Claire works in a straightforward way that aims to reduce self-criticism and increase self-acceptance.

She uses a blend of approaches to look at current problems and past experiences that shape them. Sessions often involve spotting repeated patterns in thinking and behaviour. Together with the client she identifies small, practical steps to break those patterns and try new ways of coping.

Claire places importance on self-compassion and learning to treat oneself kindly. She supports people who struggle with body image, gender dysphoria, sexuality, and issues linked to addiction and mood. Her work also covers stress, grief, relationship concerns, and challenges common in young adulthood and midlife.

Her practice includes talking through difficult memories and noticing how they influence present choices. Mindfulness and reflective exercises are used alongside narrative techniques that help people make sense of their stories. Psychodynamic and Jungian ideas are drawn on to consider deeper feelings and symbols when appropriate.

Claire has three years of experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers sessions in the United Kingdom in English and provides a range of online formats for people who prefer remote appointments.

How Claire’s approaches work online

Claire draws on Existential and Mindfulness therapies to help clients find meaning and calm in the midst of difficulty. Existential work looks at values, choice and purpose to support people facing life transitions or midlife questions. Mindfulness offers simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and ease anxiety.

She also uses Narrative and Psychodynamic ideas to make sense of patterns that repeat across relationships and time. Narrative techniques help people rewrite the stories they tell about themselves. Psychodynamic thinking encourages noticing feelings that run underneath day-to-day behaviour. Together these approaches give different ways to understand problems and try new responses.

Finding the right fit is part of the therapeutic journey. Claire works collaboratively to decide which approaches suit each person’s needs, goals and preferences. She adapts her methods as therapy progresses so the work stays relevant and practical.

Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping the focus on progress and practical change.