Claire Gillyon, BACP
Claire Gillyon is a counsellor who offers a calm, steady approach to emotional struggle.
About Claire
Claire Gillyon is a counsellor who offers a calm, steady approach to emotional struggle. She meets people where they are and helps them take the first steps toward feeling a little lighter. Claire works in a gentle, patient way so difficult conversations feel more manageable.
She uses conversations to build greater self-awareness and to spot small, practical changes that can make daily life easier. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person in front of her, whether that is reducing anxiety, coping with loss, or managing stress.
Background and approach
Claire draws on several therapeutic approaches to shape the work, choosing methods that suit the individual rather than pushing a fixed programme. With around four years' experience, Claire supports people with a broad range of concerns. These include relationship and intimacy-related worries, parenting and family stress, addictions and eating issues, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She also addresses specific themes such as attachment difficulties, chronic illness-related strain, body image and communication problems. Claire practices in the United Kingdom and is linked to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
She offers flexible online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to Claire's availability. The subscription used for sessions can be cancelled at any time.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 397781 | January 2027 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Claire lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Coping with life changes
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Claire names
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Claire uses client-centred work to focus on what matters to the person in front of her, listening carefully and following each person's pace. This approach helps when someone feels overwhelmed or unsure what to say, and it encourages practical, step-by-step change.She also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and test simple experiments between sessions. CBT-style work can be useful for anxiety, low mood and patterns that keep repeating in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and Claire treats it as a collaboration. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for this collaborative work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text-based messaging helps people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to keep continuity when travel or location change would otherwise interrupt progress.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Claire address?
Claire works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and relationship worries. She also helps with parenting strain, low self-esteem, ADHD and intimacy-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a person-centred way of working and draws on cognitive behavioural and mindfulness ideas. The focus is practical conversation and building self-awareness.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Claire has around four years' experience in counselling and therapy settings. That experience informs how she tailors sessions to individual needs.
What credentials and location are relevant?
Claire is associated with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and Claire accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. These options allow different ways to connect depending on preference.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model. The subscription can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Claire?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to Claire's availability.
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