About Claire
Claire Gillyon is a counsellor who offers calm, non-judgemental support to people feeling overwhelmed. She meets each person where they are and helps them take small, manageable steps toward change. Claire holds a BACP accreditation and brings four years of practice to her work in the United Kingdom.
Her sessions focus on listening first and then helping clients notice patterns that keep problems going. She uses plain language and practical questions so people can try things between sessions.
Background and approach
Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, self-esteem and challenges linked to intimacy and relationships. Claire also supports people dealing with parenting strains, family tensions and life changes that feel hard to manage. She works with issues such as body image, commitment worries, communication problems and living with chronic pain or long-term health conditions.
Attention difference and neurodiversity concerns such as autism and ADHD are within her scope of practice. Her approach combines client-centred listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness. She may also use psychodynamic ideas and Internal Family Systems to help people understand rooted beliefs and internal conflicts.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to suit each person. People who choose Claire can expect clear explanations, gentle challenge and time to practise new ways of coping. She offers appointments in English and accepts people from outside the UK.
Sessions are delivered online or by phone.
Therapeutic approaches that suit online work
Claire blends client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness practice. Client-centred therapy focuses on understanding each person's perspective and offering empathic support to help them decide what to change. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) uses practical steps to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and low mood. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and build tolerance for difficult feelings.Finding the right mix is part of the process. Claire will talk with the client about goals and preferences and suggest approaches that fit their situation. Decisions about which tools to try are made together and can change as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, and these offer practical benefits. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when that helps. Phone work can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Messaging and live chat suit short check-ins, ongoing support between appointments, or people who express themselves better in writing. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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