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Claire Kelly, BACP

Claire Kelly is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom.

About Claire

Claire Kelly is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. She holds a BACP credential and has three years of counselling experience alongside a longer background in bodywork and holistic therapies. Claire aims to offer a calm space where people can talk about difficult events and everyday pressures.

She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, ADHD and intimacy-related issues. Claire combines a person-centred way of working with tools from emotionally-focused and mindfulness approaches.

Background and approach

Sessions are designed to help people notice feelings, name them and find practical ways to manage day-to-day strain. She also draws on internal systems thinking to help people understand different parts of themselves when old patterns recur. People come to Claire for a range of life difficulties, from career stress and compassion fatigue to long-term health worries and bereavement.

She also gives attention to attachment, adoption and foster care issues, body image, codependency and communication problems. Complex reactions such as dissociation, control issues and dependent or avoidant personality features are within her practice focus. Her style is warm and non-judgemental.

Claire listens closely and helps clients find their own solutions rather than imposing a plan. She speaks plainly and works at a pace that suits each individual. Claire offers online sessions that include video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging.

International clients may be matched and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

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Registration

Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	390985	June 2026

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Claire lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Parenting issues
ADHD
Intimacy-related issues
Career difficulties
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counselling
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Claire names

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How Claire uses emotion-focused and mindful methods online

Claire uses a person-centred base alongside emotionally-focused work to help people understand and process strong feelings. Emotionally-Focused Therapy supports identifying core emotions beneath relationship or intimacy difficulties and helps people express those feelings in ways that change patterns of interaction. She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce stress and steady the nervous system. Mindfulness is useful for anxiety, chronic pain and ongoing health worries because it creates short tools people can use between sessions. Finding the right approach is a shared process. Claire will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods over time, so therapy fits the person's needs. She aims to work collaboratively, checking in about what helps and what can be changed. Online formats make it easier to keep consistency when life is busy. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing between or instead of calls. These options offer flexibility for different routines and practical situations.

Frequently asked

What kinds of problems does Claire help with?

She supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, ADHD, intimacy issues and career strain, plus related topics such as codependency and body image.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Claire works in a person-centred way that emphasises listening and collaboration, combined with emotionally-focused and mindfulness techniques to help manage feelings and reactions.

What is her professional background?

She has three years of counselling experience and several decades of prior work as a bodyworker and holistic therapist, which inform her practical, person-focused approach.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

Claire practises in the United Kingdom and is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.

Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?

Sessions are offered to international clients in English.

Which session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does pricing work for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions are billed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

What do I need to do to begin?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and arrange sessions according to the therapist's scheduling options.