Claire Gillyon

Claire Gillyon is a counsellor who focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious or stuck. She aims to meet people where they are and offers a calm, patient presence as they think about change. Claire holds BACP accreditation, which she uses to guide her practice.

She offers straightforward conversation and gentle reflection to help clients build self-awareness. Sessions are practical and paced to suit each person, with an emphasis on finding gentler ways to manage stress and emotional pain. Claire listens for what matters most and helps people make small, workable changes.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship strain and eating and body image issues. She also supports people dealing with parenting pressures, compassion fatigue, ADHD and coping with life changes. Claire pays attention to how past experiences and attachment patterns affect current relationships and feelings.

Claire draws on client-centred ways of working alongside cognitive behavioural ideas and mindfulness practices. She also uses psychodynamic perspectives and Internal Family Systems to help people understand inner parts and repeated patterns. These approaches are blended to suit each person rather than applied in a set sequence.

People who choose Claire often want a steady, empathetic counsellor to talk things through and try practical steps. She aims to create space for clearer thinking, kinder self-talk and more manageable day-to-day routines. To begin, clients follow the site process to match and arrange a first session.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on empathetic listening and supporting clients to find their own solutions, which can help when dealing with anxiety, low mood or relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns, useful for stress, anxiety and some eating-related struggles. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm, which can support day-to-day coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Claire will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and together you will decide which methods to try. She adapts techniques to each person and reviews progress so the plan can change if something does not fit.

Confirm the precise session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a daily routine, for example by removing travel time and allowing a session during a work break. It can also let people choose quieter surroundings, use shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid being on camera if that helps them engage. Many registered professionals find that structured tools and worksheets transfer well to remote sessions, and Claire works to make online sessions practical and focused on real-life changes.