Claire Kelly, BACP

Claire Kelly is a BACP counsellor with three years of formal counselling experience and a longer background in bodywork and holistic therapy. She combines talking therapy with an awareness of how the body and spirit interact when people are under stress. Claire creates a calm space where people can name what feels hard and begin to find a way forward.

She describes her approach as person-centred, which means she aims to follow each person's pace and priorities rather than impose solutions. That way of working can suit people facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting pressures, or the ongoing strain of caring for someone. Claire also offers support for concerns such as trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, ADHD-related struggles, and compassion fatigue.

Claire uses practical tools from emotionally-focused work and mindfulness to help people notice patterns in relationships and in their own reactions. She also draws on Internal Family Systems ideas to help people understand different parts of themselves and how those parts interact. Sessions are conversational and grounded in everyday language rather than technical terms.

People often come to her when life feels overwhelming after loss, illness, or major change. She can help with issues tied to adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, blended family situations, chronic health problems, and body image worries. The aim is to support clearer thinking, steadier feelings, and more manageable day-to-day choices.

Claire works from the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. She accepts international clients. If someone is unsure whether her style fits, she suggests an initial contact to discuss needs and next steps.

How Claire's approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting back what someone says to help them find their own answers. It is useful when people need a steady, non-judgemental space to sort through feelings about caring roles, grief, or life transitions.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice patterns in close relationships and how emotions shape those patterns. This approach can be helpful for intimacy-related worries and for understanding attachment issues that affect caregiving and family contact.

Finding the right approach is usually a collaborative process. Claire will work with each person to decide which methods to use, based on their needs, goals and what feels most comfortable. Those choices can evolve over time as work deepens and priorities change.

The practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy routine and fewer travel demands. Some people prefer shorter check-ins when time is limited, while others choose longer sessions to explore more complex issues. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists, commonly use online work to reach people who live farther away or who need more flexible appointment times.