Counsellor profile
Claire Wilson, NCPS
NCPS counsellor - relationships and parenting
Continue with ClaireAbout
- Attachment work
- CBT techniques
- Narrative approaches
About Claire
Claire Wilson is an NCPS counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years' experience. She works with adults who are carrying stress, anxiety, depression, grief or the strain of parenting. She also offers support around relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues and ADHD.
She begins by helping people name what feels most pressing. Sessions focus on understanding how thoughts, habits and past experiences affect current feelings. That might mean looking at attachment patterns, managing low mood, or learning practical ways to respond to stress.
Her approach mixes several ways of working. Claire uses client-centred conversations so people feel heard and can set the pace. She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot and change unhelpful thinking. Narrative and attachment-based ideas help make sense of how past relationships shape present behaviour.
Therapy with her tends to be conversational and practical. People who come for parenting or family concerns often talk about communication, blended family stresses, caregiving strain and boundaries. She also supports those dealing with chronic illness, chronic pain or the overlap of multiple long-term issues.
Claire frames therapy as collaborative. She helps clients test ideas, practise new responses and reflect on what works between sessions. If you want to check whether her style fits the challenges at home, she asks that you start by completing the matching questionnaire and arranging an initial session.
How sessions work
How Claire uses different approaches in online work
Claire combines attachment-based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural ideas to help people understand relationships and change patterns that cause distress. Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current ways of relating and can help with recurring trust and closeness problems. Client-centred work focuses on listening, reflecting and letting the client set the pace so they can name what matters most. Cognitive behavioural methods look at thoughts and behaviours that keep anxiety, low mood or unhelpful coping going, and use clear steps to test different responses.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Claire treats this as a collaborative process and will review what seems to help as you go. Together you will decide which ideas to try based on your goals, how you respond in sessions and practical considerations for life at home.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking, as current options are listed on the sign-up pages. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and let people have shorter check-ins when needed. They also allow for conversations that focus on practical skills, reviewing patterns between sessions and rehearsing new ways of responding to difficult situations.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, plus trauma and intimacy-related issues.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and client-centred, with practical steps from cognitive behavioural therapy and narrative and attachment-based ideas.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of professional experience working with adults on relationship, parenting and trauma-related concerns.
What credential does she hold and where does she work?
She is listed with NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin booking a session?
Click 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 anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.