- Years in practice
- 7
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Claire
Claire Laforges is a counsellor who helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression and parenting challenges. She also supports those facing relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addiction-related struggles and issues related to neurodiversity and identity. Claire works in English and brings seven years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
She uses straightforward, client-focused sessions where people can talk about what matters to them. Sessions aim to increase understanding of what drives difficult feelings and behaviours.
Background and approach
Claire encourages practical steps alongside reflection so people can notice small changes between appointments. Her background includes work in community outreach, telephone and online settings. She has supported adults and children across a range of life stages and circumstances.
Claire has also worked as a clinical supervisor and completed foundation-level BICA infertility training. In sessions she aims to build an open, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings are heard. The approach is collaborative - clients are invited to set the pace and priorities.
Claire usually responds to messages within 24 hours on weekdays and updates her availability twice a week. People who choose to work with Claire can expect a blend of relational and practical methods. She draws on attachment-informed thinking, client-centred ways of working, relationship methods and mindfulness tools to meet each person’s needs.
Booking starts by choosing a session and completing a short matching questionnaire.
What Claire works with
Everything Claire lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Claire helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Claire lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Relational and practical approaches for online therapy
Claire often draws on attachment-informed work and client-centred practice. Attachment-informed work looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional patterns, which can help with parenting worries, intimacy issues and relationship conflict. Client-centred practice focuses on listening closely and following the person’s priorities, creating a calm space to talk and reflect.She also uses elements of the Gottman Method for relationship difficulties, which offers concrete exercises and communication tools to improve understanding and reduce repeated conflict patterns. These approaches are used together to fit each person’s needs rather than following one fixed method. The therapist will discuss options and help choose the best fit based on goals and preferences, so the work feels collaborative and paced to the individual.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video calls suit fuller conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options offer flexibility for busy schedules and different communication styles, letting people access support in ways that work for them.
Questions people ask about Claire
What concerns does Claire commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting difficulties, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, ADHD, addictions and identity-related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are client-centred and collaborative, blending relational work with practical steps and mindfulness. The aim is to help people understand thoughts and feelings and try small changes between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Claire has seven years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom in community outreach, online and phone settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Claire offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Claire?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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