Claire Gallaugher , BACP

Claire Gallaugher is a counsellor with 15 years' experience supporting people through relationship, family and trauma-related concerns. She works with issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, addiction and struggles around intimacy and self-esteem. Claire aims to offer calm, practical help so people can make changes that suit their lives.

Claire adapts each session to the person in front of her. She listens first, then helps clients set clear, manageable goals. Sessions focus on developing better communication, repairing attachment patterns and finding small steps that reduce stress and improve sleep.

Her background includes work across a range of emotional and relational problems. She has supported people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, family of origin difficulties, and patterns of codependency or control. She also works with challenges such as parenting strain, blended family issues and compassion fatigue.

Claire uses a mix of approaches including attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques. Mindfulness and emotionally-focused methods also shape her way of working. This blend is used to help clients manage feelings, rethink unhelpful patterns and try new ways of relating.

Claire is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. She practises from the United Kingdom and provides sessions in English. For practical steps to begin, readers can use the site Start Therapy flow to be matched and book sessions.

Approach-focused online therapy for relationships and trauma

Claire uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early patterns shape current relationships, helping people understand repeated reactions and try different ways of connecting. Client-centred work means sessions begin with careful listening and a focus on what the individual wants to change, making the work feel personal and paced to each person.

She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical exercises that reduce anxiety, improve sleep and change behaviours. These approaches suit issues such as relationship conflict, trauma responses, low mood and stress by offering both understanding and concrete steps forward.

Finding the best approach is a joint process. Claire will talk through different methods and tailor a plan based on a person's goals, preferences and day-to-day realities. This collaborative way helps people feel part of the plan rather than told what to do.

Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone appointments, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a day, while chat and messaging work well for shorter check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, family or travel.