Claire Laforges
Practical, compassionate counselling for emotional strain
BACP United Kingdom
- Experience
- 7 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Claire
Claire Laforges is a counsellor with seven years of professional experience based in the United Kingdom. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, grief, ADHD, addictions and issues linked to sexual health and identity.
Background and approach
Claire also helps with anger, low self-esteem, career pressures and coping with major life changes. She works in a client-centred way and uses practical tools to help people better understand themselves.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and non-judgemental so thoughts and feelings can be talked through openly. Claire draws on approaches such as the Gottman Method and attachment-based ideas to guide conversations about relationships and connection.
Her experience includes outreach community work, online practice and phone sessions, and she has worked with both children and adults in different settings. Claire has also undertaken foundation-level BICA infertility training and works as a clinical supervisor in the UK.
She responds to client messages within 24 hours on weekdays and updates her availability twice weekly. Therapy with Claire focuses on building understanding and practical coping strategies.
People can expect support to explore the causes of their difficulties and small steps to manage symptoms. The aim is to empower clients to make changes that feel achievable and lasting.
To begin, clients use the platform's matching process to choose Claire and schedule sessions based on her listed times. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How Claire’s approaches translate online
Claire uses the Gottman Method ideas to help people talk about relationship patterns, communication and emotional connection in straightforward ways. This approach focuses on clear skills and small habits that can make conversations less heated and more productive.She also works from an attachment-based perspective, which looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and feelings of safety. That work is useful for people who want to understand why they react strongly or struggle to trust others.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. Claire will listen to your goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. The choice is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy progresses to fit what helps most.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or being off-camera helps someone focus. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, notes between sessions or people who express themselves better in writing. These formats make it possible to fit counselling around work, family and daily life and to continue sessions even when travel is difficult.
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Experience
7+ years
Registered with
BACP
Languages
English