Counsellor profile
Claire Kelly, BACP
Counsellor - stress and grief
See online counselling options- Person-centred work
- Emotionally-focused tools
- Mindfulness practice
About Claire
Counsellor Claire Kelly is a BACP member with three years' counselling experience in the UK. She also describes three decades of prior work as a bodyworker and holistic therapist, which informs her way of working with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting, trauma and related concerns.
Claire offers a person-centred way of working. She listens without judgement and helps people talk through what matters to them. Sessions focus on the client’s experience and on noticing feelings and responses that shape day-to-day life.
Her practice includes attention to trauma and abuse, and to practical issues such as chronic illness, caregiving strain and compassion fatigue. Claire also works with concerns around intimacy, ADHD, career decisions and body image. She lists additional areas including attachment, adoption and foster care, and communication problems.
Her stated clinical approaches include Client-Centred Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy and Internal Family Systems. In practice this means sessions often combine open listening, focusing on emotional responses, simple mindfulness exercises and parts work to help people make sense of patterns.
Claire works in English and accepts international clients. Session arrangements are set through the service’s booking flow. Costs vary with location and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How her approaches work in online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy is about listening and responding to what the client brings. The counsellor follows the person’s lead, reflects what they say and helps them make sense of their own experience. This approach suits people who want a conversational, exploratory way to understand feelings.Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on emotions and attachment patterns. It helps people identify how emotions shape their responses and where they get stuck. This approach can be useful for addressing intimacy-related concerns, loss and strong emotional reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Claire will discuss which methods might help and adjust based on goals and what feels useful. She aims to make that choice together with the client rather than imposing a single method.
The biography does not list specific online session formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving and travel. It can also allow shorter check-ins or sessions when video is not wanted, and it removes the need to travel to a room each week.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she often help with?
Claire lists stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, ADHD, intimacy issues, career matters and compassion fatigue among her main focus areas.
What style of therapy does she use?
She works in a person-centred way and draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy and Internal Family Systems as part of her approach.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Claire has three years of counselling experience. She also notes around 30 years’ background as a bodyworker and holistic therapist.
Which professional body is she listed with?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Can I have sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin with Claire?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the booking flow.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.