Clair Atkinson

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Grief and loss
• Stress and burnout

About Clair

Clair Atkinson works on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self esteem and depression, and supports people with relationship, intimacy and parenting concerns. She uses a client-centred way of working and brings a background in nursing to her counselling. Clair is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has five years' counselling experience plus extensive prior experience as a Registered Nurse.

Clair offers a listening approach that focuses on the person's own experience. She treats the person in front of her as the expert in their life and helps them draw on their strengths. Sessions are not about giving direct advice but about talking through feelings and options so people can make their own decisions.

Her work often covers practical matters such as coping with life changes, work stress, sleep and eating concerns, and managing symptoms linked to chronic illness. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, dissociation and feelings of emptiness where these are causing distress. Clair works with issues that commonly accompany long-term caregiving and chronic conditions.

With a Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy, she draws on therapeutic listening and reflective practice. The nursing background means she is used to complex clinical situations and to supporting people through difficult health-related concerns. She aims to offer steady professional care within a calm counselling framework.

Costs vary with location and sessions operate via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule their first session.

How Client-Centred counselling works online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The counsellor listens carefully, reflects back what she hears and helps people explore their feelings and choices. This approach can help with anxiety, grief, self esteem and problems that come from difficult relationships.

Clair's nursing background supports work with health-related concerns and long-term caregiving stress. In sessions she will aim to help you notice strengths and consider practical steps. Together the client and counsellor decide which aspects of the approach fit best, and they review progress as they go.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into everyday life, for example by reducing travelling time, allowing a shorter check-in during a break, or avoiding the need to be on camera for every session. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt the pace and structure to match your goals and circumstances, and Clair will work collaboratively to find a way of working that suits you.

Topics Clair lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Coping with life changes
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Co-morbidity
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Dissociation
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Post-traumatic stress
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy

Questions about Clair

What concerns does she help with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self esteem and depression, plus relationship, intimacy and parenting issues.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She works using Client-Centred Therapy, focusing on listening and helping people use their own strengths to find solutions.

How much experience does she have?

She has five years' counselling experience and thirty three years' experience as a Registered Nurse.

Is she accredited and where is she based?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

She accepts international clients.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start sessions with her?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.