About Claire
Claire Ashby is a counsellor and hypnotherapist who helps people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress or low mood. She speaks plainly and offers practical techniques to reduce panic, improve sleep and regain energy. Claire works with individuals who face fears, phobias and the daily impact of neurodivergence.
She holds NCPS, which is shown as NCPS, and brings six years of experience to her practice. Claire uses a person-centred style alongside other approaches to tailor sessions to each person.
Background and approach
In practice this means listening first, then choosing tools that fit the problem. She mixes talking therapy with hypnotherapy and breathing or relaxation techniques when helpful. Her background includes social work with children and adults affected by trauma, loss and abuse, and supporting people with mental health needs.
That experience informs how she responds to difficult feelings and sudden life changes. Claire often combines counselling and hypnotherapy to address both immediate symptoms and longer-standing patterns. Sessions focus on clear steps clients can try between meetings, such as mindfulness exercises, thought-challenging and simple sleep strategies.
Claire aims to help people reconnect with their own strengths and choose practical next steps towards feeling better. People choose her when they want a warm, grounded counsellor who values collaboration and realistic progress. She works online with clients in the United Kingdom and internationally, offering a range of session formats to suit different needs.
How Claire uses practical approaches online
Claire blends person-centred counselling with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people manage anxiety and unhelpful thinking. Person-centred work focuses on listening, building trust and helping people identify their own strengths. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches straightforward techniques to reduce worry and improve sleep.She also uses hypnotherapy to support deep relaxation and to address habits or patterns that feel stuck. Hypnotherapy sessions aim to help people access calmer states and rehearse new responses to triggers, which can complement talking therapy for anxiety and insomnia.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Claire will discuss options with each person and pick methods that match their goals and preferences. She treats this as a collaborative trial and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face to face from wherever they are, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can suit shorter check-ins, and live chat or text messaging support ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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