Claire Field , BACP

Claire Field uses a person-centred approach to help people find steadiness after distress. She is Claire Field, BACP, and brings 13 years of counselling experience to sessions. Her manner is warm and down-to-earth, focused on helping people feel heard and understood. Many come to her for relationship and trauma-related concerns, but she also supports people with anxiety, depression and life changes.

Claire primarily works from the belief that being heard without judgement helps people make clearer decisions. In practice this means she gives time to listen, reflects what she hears and helps clients spot practical steps forward. Conversations are paced to suit the person and to build trust over time.

She has particular experience with relational abuse, both from childhood and adult relationships, and with intimacy and attachment issues. Other areas she addresses include grief, stress, addictions, body image and caregiver strain. She also supports people facing major transitions such as divorce, bereavement or career change.

Claire trained and practises within the person-centred tradition and also uses mindfulness techniques to help clients manage difficult feelings. She supervises other counsellors and has authored entries in the Rainbow Therapy Tools series. Her professional membership is with the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).

Sessions are offered online in English and can be arranged through the site. She accepts international clients and works with people to find a session format that suits their routine and needs.

Person-centred care and mindfulness online

Claire uses Client-Centred Therapy to create a calm, accepting space where people can talk through difficult experiences and find their own solutions. This approach focuses on listening, empathy and helping the client feel understood, which suits relationship issues and trauma recovery.

She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. Mindfulness helps with anxiety, stress and difficult emotions by teaching ways to notice thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will check what matters to the client, try different ways of working and adapt methods to match goals and preferences. The emphasis is on collaboration rather than a fixed programme.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit shorter breaks or lower bandwidth, chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different time zones.