Claire Howdle

Claire Howdle is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulty and anger. She works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, addiction and self-esteem, and supports people coping with major life changes. Claire holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP in her profile. Claire tailors sessions to each person’s needs rather than using one fixed method. She blends approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused thinking and client-centred ways of working. That means practical tools sit alongside time to talk about feelings and life patterns. Sessions are paced to what the person needs and look at both thoughts and behaviours. Claire aims to help people notice patterns that keep problems going, try small experiments in day-to-day life, and build new ways of handling difficult moments. She also addresses issues like intimacy, parenting stress and compassion fatigue. Her style is warm and non-judgemental. People can expect straightforward conversation, reflective listening and techniques chosen for the problem at hand. Claire says she wants to empower people to meet their goals and make changes they can keep. With five years of practice, Claire brings practical experience across diverse concerns. To begin, she asks people to describe what they want to change and then works with them to agree on first steps and ongoing aims.

How Claire's approaches translate to online therapy

Claire uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas alongside client-centred ways of working. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without fighting them, then choosing actions that match personal values; this can help with anxiety, avoidance and anger. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses, which can be useful for intimacy, abandonment and relationship difficulties. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises a respectful, non-judgemental relationship where the person guides the pace and topics of therapy.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Claire will talk with the person about goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then choose or blend methods collaboratively. This makes it more likely the sessions stay relevant and practical.

Practical benefits of online therapy can include fitting sessions into a busy week and saving travel time. Online work also makes it easier to continue when life events make attending in person harder. The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm which formats are offered before booking.