Claire Gallaugher

• Attachment work
• CBT techniques
• Mindfulness practice

About Claire

Claire Gallaugher works with relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related problems, stress and anxiety, and a range of other life challenges. She uses approaches such as attachment-based work, client-centred techniques, cognitive behavioural methods, emotionally-focused therapy and mindfulness. Claire is a BACP member and has 15 years' professional experience.

Claire offers sessions that focus on practical conversations and clear steps. She helps people talk through communication problems, boundary and control issues, codependency and commitment worries. She also supports those coping with loss, addiction, sleep disturbance, low self-esteem and career change.

Her background includes long experience working with complex family themes such as adoption and foster care, blended family problems, family of origin issues and separation after divorce. Claire also addresses attachment wounds, abandonment, avoidant and dependent personality patterns, and domestic violence related concerns.

In sessions she draws on client-centred listening alongside cognitive tools and emotionally-focused work to notice patterns and try different responses. Mindfulness strategies are used to help with stress, anger and distressing thoughts. The overall aim is clearer communication and more manageable day-to-day coping.

Claire practises from the United Kingdom and works with people in English. She accepts international clients. If you want to begin, use the site button to complete a short matching questionnaire and book a first session.

How her approaches work in online counselling

Claire combines attachment-based work and client-centred counselling in sessions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people notice repeated interaction cycles. Client-centred counselling concentrates on attentive listening and reflecting so people can make sense of their feelings and choices.

She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and try alternative responses, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and anger. These approaches support work on relationship patterns, grief, self-esteem and coping with change. Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process and the counsellor will discuss what fits your needs and goals during the first meetings.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed and remove travel time. Working remotely also allows sessions with people who live in other countries, while the counsellor will agree practical details such as timing and session length when you arrange your first appointment.

Topics Claire lists

• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Intimacy-related issues
• Anger management
• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions
• Grief
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Dependent personality
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Immigration issues
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Phobias
• Post-traumatic stress
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexuality
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Claire

Does she work with relationship problems?

Yes. She helps people with relationship and intimacy-related issues, communication problems, commitment worries and codependency.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses client-centred counselling alongside attachment-based work, cognitive behavioural techniques, emotionally-focused therapy and mindfulness approaches.

How long has she been practising?

She has 15 years of professional experience working with a range of personal and family concerns.

Is she registered and where is she based?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works from the United Kingdom under Northern Ireland law.

Can I have sessions in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She accepts international clients; note that client agreements are under Northern Ireland law.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

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