- Client-centred care
- Supports grief and loss
- Anxiety and stress
About Claire
Claire Cowper is a counsellor who works from a client-centred approach. She meets people with warmth and respect and focuses on what matters most to them. Claire has four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, and depression.
She adapts the pace and content of sessions to each person. Conversations are shaped around the client’s priorities. Claire aims to create a calm space where people can talk openly and make practical steps forward.
Her work also covers a wide range of related concerns. These include abandonment, adoption and foster-care issues, blended family challenges, and fatherhood questions. Claire also notes experience with cancer, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, and eating or food-related difficulties.
Informed by different approaches, she draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to look at patterns of thinking and behaviour. She also uses psychodynamic thinking to consider past influences, and Internal Family Systems ideas to understand internal parts and relationships. Above all she keeps the client’s own aims central and tailors sessions to meet them.
To start, Claire asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to her availability. She works in English and her practice follows the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy registration, shown as BACP, as noted in her credentials.
How Claire’s approaches can work online
Client-Centred Therapy places the client’s experience at the centre of the sessions. The counsellor listens closely and follows the person’s lead to build understanding and practical next steps. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and testing new ways of responding to reduce anxiety or mood problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Claire will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then agree how to combine styles. This is a collaborative process and may change over time as needs shift.
If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the session formats available before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling around work, childcare and travel. It can also allow a shorter check-in when that is useful, or reduce the need to travel to appointments. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt tools and activities used in person to remote sessions to help address stress, anxiety, relationship and grief concerns.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does this counsellor help with?
Claire helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with grief and loss, and work through relationship and family difficulties. She also lists experience with depression and a range of related concerns.
What is Claire's therapy style like?
Her main orientation is client-centred counselling, which focuses on the person’s perspective and goals. She may also draw on cognitive behavioural, psychodynamic, and Internal Family Systems ideas as appropriate.
How much professional experience does she have?
Claire has four years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom supporting people with emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are offered to people in the United Kingdom.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.