Claire Laforges

Claire Laforges is a counsellor with seven years of professional experience practising in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP registration and works in a warm, non-judgemental way. Claire helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and intimacy-related issues. She also supports those facing relationship difficulties, ADHD, addictions and challenges linked to sexual health and LGBTQ concerns.

Claire draws on client-centred principles to make sessions focused on the person's needs and pace. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Her work also includes relationship-focused methods influenced by the Gottman Method and Imago Relationship Therapy when relationship work is needed.

Her background includes outreach community roles, online work and phone-based support. She has experience supporting both children and adults and offers supervision work in the UK. Claire completed foundation-level BICA infertility training and brings practical tools to help people understand themselves and their responses.

In sessions she aims to build an open atmosphere where thoughts and feelings can be shared. She describes therapy as a collaborative process and helps people name causes of distress and try new ways of coping. Claire aims to respond to messages within 24 hours on weekdays and updates her availability twice weekly.

To begin someone is invited to book a session and use the platform matching process. Claire encourages people to take the first step towards change and says she is ready to support them on that journey.

How attachment, client-centred and relationship work translate online

Claire draws on client-centred practice to keep sessions grounded in the client's immediate concerns and priorities. This approach focuses on empathetic listening, reflecting what matters most and helping people make sense of their feelings and choices in everyday life.

Attachment-based ideas are used to look at patterns that started in early relationships and that now affect trust, closeness and conflict. This can help when people keep getting stuck in repeating cycles or when intimacy feels difficult.

When relationship-focused work is appropriate, elements influenced by the Gottman Method and Imago Relationship Therapy are used to help partners understand interaction patterns and improve communication. These methods offer practical exercises to try between sessions and clearer ways to talk about sensitive topics.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Claire will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods together so the therapy fits the person's needs. That collaborative process helps select what to focus on and how to pace sessions.

Please confirm the therapist's current session options before booking as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video, while other arrangements may suit different rhythms of life.