About Claire
Claire Exley is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people navigate relationship strains, family-related stress, grief, low self-esteem and shifts in life circumstances. Her approach is calm and respectful, aimed at making the first steps feel manageable.
Claire adapts conversations and plans to each person's needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all method. Sessions are conversational and paced to suit the person sitting across the screen or on the phone.
How Claire works
She pays attention to emotional safety and practical next steps. Many people come for help with anxiety, depression, sleeping problems and the effects of trauma or abuse. Claire also supports those facing parenting concerns, career crossroads, anger and feelings of isolation.
Other focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency and navigating separation or divorce. She works with clients dealing with bipolar mood challenges, grief at the end of life and the complex feelings that come with hospice situations. Practical coping skills and clearer routines often form part of the work alongside talking through difficult memories and emotions.
Conversations aim to build clearer sense of priorities and small, achievable steps. Claire helps people find ways to feel steadier, sleep better and reconnect with what matters. The work is collaborative and centred on each person’s goals.
Claire lists one way 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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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
Client-centred care and online options
Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of the work. The counsellor listens without judgment and follows the person's pace, helping them find their own answers. This approach is helpful for worries about relationships, self-worth, life changes and grief because it focuses on what matters most to the individual.Claire will work collaboratively to identify which way of working suits each person. She will check what feels helpful and adapt session style as needs change. Finding the right approach is part of the process and clients are invited to give feedback so the plan can be adjusted.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations, while phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easy to check in between sessions or for shorter, more frequent support. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family and other commitments.
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