About Claire
Claire Austen is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years' experience supporting people facing anxiety and related concerns. She offers a calm, warm way of talking that aims to help people feel heard and less overwhelmed. Her style is down to earth and straightforward, which can help when someone is worried or unsure about starting therapy.
Claire uses a person-centred approach as a base, which means she listens closely and follows what the client brings.
Background and approach
She also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to teach practical coping strategies. This combination can help with low mood, relationship tension, grief and managing daily stress. Clients can expect a non-judgemental space to discuss what matters to them.
Sessions focus on understanding patterns, naming unhelpful thoughts and building small, manageable steps forward. Claire aims to help people spot the blocks that stop them moving on and to try different ways of responding. She has a diploma in CBT alongside her counselling qualifications and holds NCPS as a credential.
That background supports a mix of reflective conversation and hands-on tools when these are useful. Claire welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and identities, including LGBT clients, and works with a wide range of life concerns. Practical problems like parenting strain, family of origin issues, addiction worries and body image are also within her scope.
People who want a listening ear plus practical skills often find this blended approach helpful. Claire is available for online sessions and for people who live outside the UK as well.
How Claire's approaches work online
Claire blends person-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques to help people make sense of feelings and try practical changes. Person-centred work focuses on careful listening and reflecting what someone says so they can better understand themselves and their choices. Cognitive behavioural techniques look at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offer steps to test different responses for anxiety, low mood or worry.Finding the right approach is something Claire treats as a shared task. She will work with each person to decide which mix of reflection and practical strategy feels right, adjusting the plan as goals change. The collaborative way of working means the focus is on the client's needs, pace and preferences rather than a fixed method.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video works well for in-depth conversations, phone can be useful with lower bandwidth, and text or live chat suits shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options help fit therapy around work, family life and travel, while keeping a consistent route for ongoing support.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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