Counsellor profile
Claire Austen, NCPS
United Kingdom
NCPS counsellor - relationships and mood
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- Credentials
- NCPS
- Registration
- NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS22-00215
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Person-centred approach
- CBT practical tools
- Attachment focus
About Claire
Claire Austen is an NCPS counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years' clinical experience. She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship concerns, and supports people facing life changes and addiction issues. Claire also lists work around codependency, parenting pressures and self-esteem in her practice.
Claire uses a person-centred approach as the backbone of her work. That means she listens with attention and helps people notice what gets in the way of choices they want to make. She also draws on cognitive behavioural tools to offer practical strategies for managing thoughts and low mood.
In sessions she focuses on helping people describe what they are going through and test small changes that feel manageable. Conversations look at patterns that repeat in relationships, reactions to stress, and ways to build steadier coping. Claire keeps language direct and practical so ideas can be tried between meetings.
Her background includes a counselling degree and a diploma in CBT, and she is registered with NCPS. Claire has worked with people from many backgrounds over five years, including those dealing with bereavement, trauma, body image and attachment concerns. She welcomes people who are wrestling with feeling controlled by others or caught in people-pleasing habits.
Claire invites a step-by-step pace. She helps clients notice small shifts, practise new responses and build clearer boundaries where needed. If someone prefers structured tasks, she uses CBT techniques; if they want to focus on exploring patterns, she leans on the person-centred and attachment-informed side of her work.
How sessions work
How Claire uses therapy approaches online
Claire combines a person-centred, attachment-aware stance with practical CBT techniques. Person-centred work focuses on listening and helping people bring awareness to what blocks their choices. It suits someone who needs space to name feelings and consider new ways of acting. Attachment-informed work looks at repeating patterns from past relationships and how they affect current connections, which can be useful for people who keep prioritising others at their own expense.Cognitive behavioural therapy gives simple tools to manage unhelpful thoughts and low mood. Those techniques can include short exercises and clear steps to try between sessions, which many people find helpful alongside longer conversations about relationships and patterns. Claire treats choosing an approach as a collaborative process and will explore what fits a client's goals and preferences over the early sessions.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare and daily routines, and it also allows for shorter check-ins or less camera use when that suits someone. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and homework to an online setting, helping clients practise new responses in everyday life.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Claire help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues and codependency among other concerns listed in her profile.
What style of therapy does she use?
Her work is primarily person-centred with practical elements from cognitive behavioural therapy and attention to attachment patterns.
How long has she been practising?
Claire has five years of experience working with people on mood, relationships and life changes.
What are her credentials and location?
She is registered with NCPS and works from the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I’m not in the UK?
She accepts international clients and offers sessions in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not specify which formats are offered.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.