Claire Kleynhans , BACP

Claire Kleynhans is a degree-qualified counsellor and psychotherapist with eight years of professional experience. She holds BACP registration, and works from the United Kingdom. Claire aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where people can begin to make sense of difficult feelings and decisions.

She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports those facing relationship and intimacy-related issues, attachment difficulties, grief, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Claire works with concerns such as body image, identity, and problems linked to ADHD and addictions.

Her approach is practical and collaborative. Sessions focus on increasing self-understanding and building clearer ways of coping. Claire tailors the plan to each person rather than using a one-size-fits-all method.

People who feel stuck or uncertain about direction often come to talk about loss of purpose, low self-esteem, career worries, or family conflict. She also offers support around parenting strain, caring responsibilities and compassion fatigue. Claire attends to both emotional patterns and everyday habits that make life harder.

She aims to help people reconnect with themselves and find steps forward. Sessions invite honest conversation and steady problem-solving. Claire encourages clients to set realistic goals and to try practical techniques between meetings.

How Claire adapts therapeutic approaches for online sessions

Claire uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This helps when people find themselves repeating the same relationship problems or feeling disconnected from others.

She also uses client-centred principles that focus on listening and following the person's lead. This approach suits people who want a gentle, non-judgemental space to talk things through and increase self-understanding.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Claire will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and then agree a plan together. That collaborative process means the style can shift if something else would work better.

Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break at work. Live chat or text is helpful for short check-ins or when someone prefers writing. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit around daily life.