Claire James, BACP

Claire James is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She has worked in both agency settings and private practice and supports people facing relationship difficulties, grief, anger, depression and coping with life changes.

Claire uses a person-centred approach and believes the client is the expert in their own life. Sessions begin with listening and discussion. She works alongside people to identify repeating patterns, triggers and the thoughts that keep them stuck. This includes attention to codependency and commitment issues when those are part of the problem.

Her practice has included supporting people through bereavement, trauma, abuse and self-harm, as well as helping with low self-esteem, jealousy and infidelity. She also works with people dealing with fatherhood issues and the emotional fallout of domestic violence. When a need falls outside her scope, she helps find other support through referrals and signposting.

Claire draws on her experience with young people and college settings from voluntary work, and she brings that background into how she negotiates goals and reviews progress. She offers a straightforward process of discussion, negotiation and regular review so people know what is being tried and why.

In sessions she aims to help people recognise the behaviours that no longer serve them and try new ways of thinking and acting. That often looks like setting clearer boundaries, slowing down impulsive reactions, working through grief or planning practical steps for life changes.

Client-Centred work and online counselling