Claire Kelly , BACP

Claire Kelly is a counsellor governed by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, with three years' counselling experience and a longer background in bodywork and holistic therapy. She frames her work around the person's own strengths and values. Claire aims to make the first step into talking therapy feel manageable and straightforward.

She uses a person-centred way of working that focuses on listening and helping people find their own answers. Her practice is informed by trauma-aware thinking and an interest in how the body and spirit connect to everyday distress. Sessions are grounded in warm, non-judgemental listening and practical steps people can use between meetings.

Claire regularly supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges. She also helps clients with intimacy-related concerns, career issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Other areas she attends to include body image, attachment and issues linked to adoption and foster care.

Her approach draws on emotionally-focused ideas to help with relationships and closeness, mindfulness techniques to calm busy minds, and Internal Family Systems ideas to make sense of conflicting parts inside a person. Conversations cover feelings and behaviour, and include straightforward ways to practise change outside sessions.

Claire works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. She aims to create a steady, down-to-earth space where people can talk through hard things and work towards clearer choices.

Approaches you can use online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and supporting a person's own choices, giving space to explore feelings and values. It helps when someone wants a respectful, non-directive space to work through stress and life changes.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and change patterns in close relationships by tracking key emotions and how they affect connection. It is useful for intimacy-related concerns and for anyone wanting clearer communication in relationships.

Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage anxiety or grief. These techniques come with short exercises that people can try between sessions to steady mood and focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences and needs, and will adapt methods together so the plan fits each person. That means decisions are collaborative rather than fixed from the start.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone appointments, live chat and text messaging. Video suits deeper conversation and visual connection, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and travel commitments while keeping a steady therapeutic rhythm.