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Claire Owers, BACP

Credentials
BACP
Experience
4 years
Practising in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Sessions
Online only
Client ages
Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefDepression

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Claire Owers is a counsellor and psychotherapist with four years' experience supporting people through difficult times. She offers calm, non-judgemental listening and practical help for those feeling overwhelmed. Claire works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties, and trauma and abuse.

She also supports people dealing with neurodiversity-related challenges and long-term health concerns. Claire draws mainly on psychodynamic psychotherapy to help clients understand how past experiences shape present feelings and patterns.

Background and approach

This work looks at how people relate to others and to themselves, and why certain habits or reactions repeat. She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and actions, and solution-focused techniques to set clear, manageable goals. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person.

Claire aims to build trust so conversations can be honest and direct without judgement. She describes her style as warm and compassionate, offering steady support while people try new ways of coping. Her additional interests include issues such as abandonment, attachment, body image, chronic illness and caregiving strain.

Claire is experienced in supporting people facing grief, cancer-related concerns, chronic pain, and dissociation among other challenges. She adapts her approach to match each person's needs. Claire is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which is given as BACP.

She provides sessions in English to people in the United Kingdom. To begin, clients choose the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How Claire’s approaches work online

Psychodynamic psychotherapy looks at how past experiences influence current feelings and relationships. Online sessions with this approach help people notice repeating patterns and understand why they react in certain ways, which can change how they relate to others and themselves.

Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behaviour changes. In remote sessions this can mean setting short exercises to try between meetings and reviewing what worked in the next call.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Claire will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and try methods that fit those needs. Together they will adapt the plan if something does not feel helpful so the therapy stays collaborative and practical.

Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging can support ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring commitments, or health limitations while still keeping focus on the goals agreed with the therapist.
What issues does Claire commonly help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Additional focus areas include chronic illness, body image, attachment and caregiving stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Claire works in a warm, collaborative way that emphasises listening without judgement. She aims to build trust and set practical steps people can try between sessions.
What background and experience does she have?
She has four years of experience working as a counsellor and psychotherapist with a range of concerns including neurodiversity-related challenges and long-term health issues.
What credentials and where is she based?
Claire is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and practises in the United Kingdom.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
4 years
Registered with
BACP
Languages
English

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