Claire Howdle, BACP

Claire Howdle is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and life changes. She works with a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, grief, eating and body image concerns, and recovery from trauma and abuse. Claire uses a warm, non-judgemental approach and aims to make therapy feel straightforward and supportive from the first meeting.

Her way of working is integrative and tailored to each person. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, Client-Centred principles and existential questions as useful tools. That mix is used to suit the problem at hand rather than follow a fixed script.

Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings as well as looking at patterns that keep problems going. Claire often uses mindfulness and exploration of values to help people cope with difficult feelings and decide what matters most to them. She also pays attention to early relationships and how they shape current reactions.

With five years' experience, Claire aims to support people through change and loss, and to help rebuild day-to-day coping. She frames sessions around the person's goals and pace, offering a respectful space to talk things through. If someone wants to work on boundaries, communication, or managing powerful emotions, she helps them shape realistic next steps.

Her professional registration is BACP, which is shown as BACP. Sessions are offered in English and arrangements are made through the site's matching and booking process.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and to take steps that align with what they value. It can help with anxiety, depression and coping with long-term health or life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns of closeness and trust. This approach can be useful for intimacy concerns, abandonment issues and relationship communication problems.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try out different behaviours to change how they feel. It often includes practical exercises and short experiments between sessions to build new habits.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the person's needs and adjust the plan if something does not feel helpful.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, whether someone needs shorter check-ins or wants to avoid travel. It can also allow people to work with a therapist from their region without commuting. Confirm the available session formats before booking so arrangements match practical needs rather than assumptions.