Claudia Castiglione , BACP

Claudia Castiglione uses a psychodynamic lens to understand patterns that repeat across relationships. She draws on trauma-focused work and Internal Family Systems to help people who feel stuck by past hurt. Claudia is a BACP counsellor with four years of experience based in the United Kingdom.

She helps people with relationship difficulties, intimacy concerns and trauma and abuse. Claudia also supports those managing grief, depression, anxiety, stress and addiction-related worries. She works with a wide range of issues linked to self-esteem, body image, parenting and career pressures.

In sessions she treats the person rather than a list of symptoms. Conversations look at historic patterns and how they appear today. Practical steps and small experiments outside sessions are used to test new ways of relating and coping.

Claudia listens for the ways past events shape current feelings and relationships. When trauma is part of the picture she uses trauma-focused approaches to reduce overwhelm and build tolerable ways to process difficult memories. Internal Family Systems helps people notice different inner parts and how they influence behaviour.

The work is collaborative and paced to each person. Claudia explains ideas plainly and checks in about goals each week. She accepts international clients and runs sessions by video, phone, live chat or messaging to fit different needs.

Online work using psychodynamic and trauma approaches

Claudia draws on psychodynamic therapy to look at repeated relationship patterns and how early experiences influence current feelings. This approach helps people notice unconscious habits and name why old reactions keep coming up in new situations.

She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to support people who have experienced abuse or distressing events. That approach breaks down overwhelming memories into manageable steps and teaches ways to reduce intense reactions. Internal Family Systems helps people recognise different inner parts - for example a protective part or a vulnerable part - and learn kinder ways to relate to them.

Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Claudia will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and adapt methods as the work unfolds. She encourages feedback so therapy stays practical and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit busy lives and different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversational work, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to attend therapy from different locations and at varied times.