About Claire
Claire Coker-Beyer is a counsellor who focuses on helping people rebuild confidence and reduce anxiety. She centres sessions on self-acceptance and practical steps to feel better about work, relationships and everyday life. Claire uses a conversational, down-to-earth style so people can talk honestly about what is holding them back.
Claire is an integrative practitioner who draws on several therapeutic traditions to suit each person. She will look at current patterns and also consider how past experiences might be shaping feelings and choices today.
How Claire works
The aim is to identify unhelpful cycles and try different ways of responding to them. In sessions Claire encourages self-compassion and simple self-care routines that support change between meetings. She helps people notice self-critical thoughts and test them against real-life evidence.
Practical goal-setting is used alongside exploration of deeper themes when that feels helpful. Claire holds BACP accreditation, which indicates adherence to national professional standards. She has three years of counselling experience and works with adults in the United Kingdom.
Sessions are held during daytime hours. Therapy can include short-term focused work or longer exploration depending on what a person wants. Claire offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their routine and comfort level.
Claire lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Claire works with
The areas below are the ones Claire selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Existential work looks at meaning, choice and responsibility in everyday life. It helps when people feel stuck, overwhelmed by options or uncertain about what matters to them. Jungian ideas focus on symbols and personal stories to uncover patterns that repeat across relationships and life stages.Mindfulness practice teaches paying attention to thoughts and feelings without judgement. It can reduce rumination and ease anxiety by building steadier awareness and simple coping habits. Claire will discuss these approaches with each person and choose what feels most helpful in collaboration with them; the choice is based on the person's goals, needs and preferences rather than a fixed plan.
Online sessions offer flexibility for different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing or need more frequent brief support between fuller sessions.
These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, study or family commitments. Claire will help decide which format and approach are most useful and adjust the plan as progress is made.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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