Claire Laforges, BACP
Practical, person-centred support for life changes
Details
| Name | Claire Laforges |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 7 |
About Claire
Claire Laforges is a BACP-registered counsellor with seven years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works in a warm, non-judgemental way and aims to help people make sense of stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. Claire also supports people facing grief, intimacy and sexual difficulties, addiction issues, and identity questions related to LGBT experiences.
She uses a person-centred stance so people feel listened to and respected. That approach helps clients say what matters and set their own goals.
Background and approach
Claire also draws on Narrative ideas to help people reframe stories they tell about themselves and their relationships. Her background includes outreach work in community settings, online support and phone counselling. She has worked with adults and children in different roles and brings a range of practical tools into sessions.
Claire has additional experience around infertility, adoption and foster care, ageing and caregiver stress. Claire offers focused support for issues such as parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, bipolar and mood challenges, ADHD and co-morbid conditions. She aims to help clients build understanding of patterns that cause distress and try new ways of coping.
Sessions are delivered with patience and a collaborative spirit. She also works as a clinical supervisor in the UK and has completed foundation-level training in infertility counselling through BICA. Claire aims to respond to weekday messages within 24 hours and keeps her availability updated twice weekly.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Grief among the things Claire works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Claire among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Claire among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Claire among the ways she works.
- Imago Relationship Therapy: Listed by Claire among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Claire among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Claire among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Claire among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Claire among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Claire among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Claire among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Claire directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Claire directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Claire integrates Narrative Therapy and Attachment-Based and Client-Centred ideas into online work. Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from their problems by re-authoring the stories they live with, which can be useful for anxiety, identity questions and relationship patterns. Attachment-Based ideas look at how early bonds shape current connections and help when intimacy, abandonment or caregiving issues cause distress. Client-Centred therapy focuses on creating an accepting space where the person sets the pace and priorities for change.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Claire works collaboratively to find what fits each person's needs and goals. She listens to preferences and tests methods together, adjusting what they try as the work unfolds.
Online formats give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult, live chat supports shorter check-ins and text-based messaging helps people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping continuity of care with a registered professional.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Claire help with?
Claire supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions and a wide range of other concerns listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She works in a person-centred way that prioritises listening and respect, and uses Narrative approaches to help people reframe their stories.
What is her professional background?
She has seven years of professional experience, has worked in outreach community settings, online and by phone, and also practises as a clinical supervisor in the UK.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is BACP registered and based in the United Kingdom.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Claire offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Claire?
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