Claudia Brooker, BACP

Claudia Brooker is a BACP-registered psychotherapist with six years of clinical experience, offering individual, couple and family therapy both in person and online. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma including post-traumatic stress, burnout, depression and low self-esteem, and has developed professional experience treating autism-related concerns, addictions and a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties.

Drawing on a range of therapeutic models, Claudia tailors each plan to the unique needs of the person, couple or family she is supporting. She is qualified and experienced in clinical supervision and brings a strengths-based, collaborative approach to therapy. As a TCK - a Third Culture Kid/Adult of mixed cultural background - she has a nuanced understanding of the ways culture, identity and diverse backgrounds shape personal experience, and she has a particular interest in working with sexual minority clients.

Claudia is fluent in English and French and places emphasis on helping people build resilience and practical skills to cope with life transitions, relationship challenges and ongoing mental health concerns. Her practice spans relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy and sexual identity concerns, parenting difficulties, ADHD and compassion fatigue, among other areas of focus. She aims to create an adaptive therapy process that responds to each client’s goals and circumstances.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Claudia works with several evidence-informed approaches and adapts them to each person’s needs. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a trusting therapeutic relationship where the client’s own goals and experiences guide the work - this approach is useful for improving self-understanding, self-esteem and navigating life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) involves identifying and working with unhelpful thoughts and behaviours to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress, and to develop practical coping skills that can be applied between sessions.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people in relationships identify and shift negative interaction patterns and access underlying emotions, which can improve connection and communication with partners or family members.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Claudia collaborates with each client to explore which methods feel most appropriate for their goals, preferences and circumstances, and she may combine elements from different models to create a tailored plan.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit work, family and geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home, and choose the format that best suits the pace and style of the therapeutic relationship.