Claire Laforges, BACP

Claire Laforges is a UK-credentialed therapist with seven years of professional experience. She holds BACP accreditation, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and works as a clinical supervisor in the United Kingdom. Her background includes roles as a client-centered therapist, a psychosexual therapist, and an intimate partner therapist, and she has completed BICA infertility training at foundation level.

Her practice has developed across outreach community settings as well as online and phone work, giving her experience with both children and adults. Claire draws on a variety of therapeutic tools and theories to help clients gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their life experiences. She offers practical strategies and reflective support designed to increase self-awareness and improve coping skills.

Claire supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy challenges including LGBTQIA+ concerns and sexual dysfunction, grief and loss, fear of change, health-related worries, ADHD, addictions, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting and family issues, and other related concerns. She aims to create an open, non-judgmental environment where thoughts and feelings can be explored safely and collaboratively. Claire aims to respond to client messages within 24 hours on weekdays and updates her availability twice weekly. Clients are invited to book an available session to begin work with her.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Claire often integrates attachment-based work into online sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape present patterns of closeness and trust, helping clients who struggle with abandonment, attachment issues, or relationship instability to explore and shift those patterns in the context of current relationships.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which prioritizes the client’s experience and perspective. This approach involves empathic listening, validation, and collaboration to help clients build self-awareness, self-worth, and their own problem-solving capacity, making it useful for anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Claire approaches this collaboratively. She works with clients to identify which methods best suit their needs, goals, and personal preferences, adjusting techniques as the work progresses to ensure the best possible fit.

Online therapy with Claire is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier for clients to access consistent support from registered professionals and therapists without needing to travel, while allowing therapy to fit into everyday life.