About Claire
Claire Laforges helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy difficulties, grief and loss, ADHD, addictions and a wide range of life challenges. She works with concerns that include self-esteem, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, career issues, bipolar and coping with big changes. Claire also supports people dealing with trauma, compassion fatigue and identity matters related to LGBT issues.
Claire holds BACP accreditation in the United Kingdom and has seven years of clinical experience.
How Claire works
She has practised in community outreach settings and offered help online and by phone. She has provided therapy to adults and children using a variety of tools and approaches to meet different needs. Her way of working is straightforward and client-centred.
She listens first and helps people make sense of what is happening for them. Sessions aim to build understanding of patterns, triggers and unhelpful habits while identifying small steps that feel doable. Claire draws on attachment-based ideas and mindfulness to help people feel steadier in relationships and within themselves.
She also uses relationship-focused work such as the Gottman Method and Imago approaches when intimacy or partner dynamics are a key concern. Practical coaching techniques and motivational interviewing help with change-linked issues like addictions and lifestyle shifts. The overall aim is to create a calm, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken about honestly.
Claire typically responds to messages within 24 hours on weekdays and updates her availability twice weekly. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange a session that suits them.
Claire lists 11 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
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that suit online therapy and relationship work
Claire uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses; this can help when trust, intimacy or repeated relationship patterns are a concern. She also draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on listening, empathy and helping people find their own solutions by following the client's pace and priorities. When relationship dynamics are central she uses elements of the Gottman Method and Imago Relationship Therapy to highlight communication patterns and practical ways to change interaction habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Claire will discuss different methods during early sessions and will collaboratively choose what fits the person's goals and preferences. This lets therapy adapt over time as needs change and progress is made.
Online sessions can be helpful because they offer flexibility and easier access from different locations. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and suit quick check-ins, while live chat or text messaging can fit into a busy day or provide shorter, ongoing support between sessions. Registered or accredited professionals, including Claire, use these formats to make therapy more practical and manageable for everyday life.
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