Claire Gillyon

• Stress and anxiety
• CBT and mindfulness
• Parenting and family

About Claire

Claire Gillyon works on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family issues, and helps people build coping skills for life changes and intimacy-related concerns. She uses a mix of talking therapies to help clients increase self-awareness and face difficult choices. Claire is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has four years' experience.

Claire's approach is based on Client-Centred Therapy and psychodynamic thinking alongside practical methods such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness. Sessions focus on what is happening now and how past patterns affect present feelings and choices. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding.

Work can include looking at relationship patterns, boundaries, communication problems, and issues linked to parenting or blended family situations. She also supports people dealing with eating concerns, body image, addiction patterns, and compassion fatigue from caring roles. Claire pays attention to attachment, abandonment, and themes that come up in intimacy and sexual expression, including kink and BDSM when relevant.

Her practice also addresses neurodiversity and long-term health concerns, such as autism or chronic illness, and the emotional effects they bring. Sessions aim to improve everyday coping, confidence, and how people relate to others. Claire offers therapy in English and accepts international clients.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange an initial session via the Talk to a counsellor online button. Payments use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How Claire uses talking therapies in online sessions

Claire commonly combines Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness in her work. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's experience and what they say matters most; it helps people feel heard and clearer about their priorities. CBT is practical and looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions; it can help with anxiety, low mood and unhelpful habits. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve concentration.

Choosing an approach is part of the work together. Claire will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and adapt methods as sessions progress. The emphasis is on collaboration so the plan fits the person's life and aims.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please check which options are available before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caring or travel commitments, and can reduce the need to travel. It also allows for shorter check-ins when time is tight, and for sessions without video if that suits someone better.

Topics Claire lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Coping with life changes
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Parenting issues
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Multicultural concerns
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Postpartum depression
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexual dysfunction
• Sexuality
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Somatization
• Women's issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Internal Family Systems

Questions about Claire

Does she work with anxiety and stress?

Yes. She helps people manage anxiety and stress using practical techniques and talking therapies.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She draws on Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness, psychodynamic ideas and Internal Family Systems.

How much experience does she have?

She has four years' experience as a practising counsellor.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

Yes. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.

Can I have sessions in a language other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I start working with her?

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