Claire Gillyon, BACP

Claire Gillyon is a counsellor who aims to help people increase self-awareness and find easier ways of living. She meets people where they are and focuses on making the first steps less daunting. Claire holds BACP accreditation, which she uses to guide her practice in the United Kingdom.

She offers a calm, accepting space and works at a pace that suits each person. Claire uses a range of approaches to match individual needs, including client-centred work and cognitive behavioural ideas. She also draws on mindfulness and psychodynamic perspectives to help people notice patterns and think differently about problems.

Common areas Claire supports include stress and anxiety, low mood and self-esteem, and difficulties around intimacy and relationships. She also focuses on addictions, parenting strain, and challenges like body image or eating concerns. Additional interests include attachment, abandonment, ADHD, chronic illness and caregiver stress.

Sessions are conversational and practical. Claire listens first, then helps people try small changes and new perspectives. She encourages reflection and uses mindfulness exercises when helpful to build coping skills and emotional awareness.

With four years of experience, Claire brings a steady, patient approach to therapy. She accepts people from the United Kingdom and works with international clients in English. To begin, visitors use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How Claire's approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. It helps people feel heard and supports them to find their own solutions, which suits discussions about relationships, stress and self-esteem.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses simple exercises and practical steps to reduce anxiety, low mood and unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy involves short practices that increase awareness of the present moment and reduce reactivity to stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Claire will talk through goals, preferences and what feels helpful, and will adapt methods as the relationship develops. That collaborative process helps decide whether to use more reflective, insight-focused work or hands-on techniques like CBT and mindfulness exercises.

Session formats are not specified in Claire's biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits. It also lets people use mindfulness exercises and worksheets between sessions, so the work can continue in everyday life.