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Claire Phillips, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - trauma and anxiety
See online therapy options- CBT strategies
- Mindfulness practice
- Attachment focus
About Claire
Claire Phillips is a BACP counsellor with ten years' professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. Claire also supports people facing relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy-related problems, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, anger, bipolar challenges, ADHD and coping with life changes.
Claire practised in South East Asia for over ten years and has lived in South East London for more than twenty years. Her background includes work in NHS surgeries, prisons and drop-in centres. She has frequently worked with young people in care settings, supporting cases involving self-harm, suicidal ideation and substance misuse.
Her approach draws on client-centred methods alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), attachment-based ideas, mindfulness and motivational interviewing. In practical terms this looks like noticing unhelpful thoughts and habits, trying small changes in responses, and using mindful attention to reduce reactivity.
Claire describes a strong focus on trauma and its varied effects on thinking, behaviour and the body. She pays attention to how untreated trauma can show up as depression, dissociation, social withdrawal or substance use. She helps people recognise strengths they already have and build on them in therapy.
People who choose Claire can expect straightforward, structured conversations about thoughts, feelings and behaviours. She asks questions, offers exercises from CBT and mindfulness when useful, and collaborates on steps you can test between sessions. To begin she uses a short matching questionnaire and schedules a first session once that is complete.
How Claire uses CBT, attachment ideas and client-centred work online
Claire uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behaviour changes. CBT is practical and goal-focused, useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep and some addictive behaviours.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current reactions to intimacy, trust and conflict. Client-centred methods give space for a person to describe their feelings and to be heard without direction, which can help build a working relationship and guide next steps.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Claire will discuss options with clients and decide together what to try based on symptoms, goals and personal preference. That collaborative process helps shape session structure and homework between meetings.
The original profile does not list which specific session formats are used online, so please confirm available formats before booking. Many people choose online work because it can fit into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals often adapt exercises, worksheets and mindfulness practices to suit an online meeting and to make progress while fitting therapy into everyday life.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and depression, plus relationship and family issues and parenting strain.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines client-centred listening with practical Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques and mindfulness exercises to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has ten years of professional counselling experience and has worked in NHS surgeries, prisons, drop-in centres and care settings.
What credential does she hold and where does she practise?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
The original profile does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What is the first step to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.