Find a counsellor
Registration on file

Claire Cowper, BACP

Online sessions across the UK 4+ years in practice

Claire Cowper is a counsellor who uses client-centred principles to help people navigate difficult emotions and life changes.

Book with Claire online

About Claire

Claire Cowper is a counsellor who uses client-centred principles to help people navigate difficult emotions and life changes. She combines empathic listening with practical tools to address stress, anxiety and depression. Claire works to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk through what matters to them and decide next steps at their own pace.

With four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom, Claire offers straightforward support for relationship strain, family difficulties and grief.

Background and approach

She also helps people who are managing loss, ongoing health concerns, or the stresses of caregiving. Claire adapts conversations and approaches to each person's needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all method. Her work draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to spot unhelpful thought patterns and develop new coping strategies.

She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences shape present feelings. Internal Family Systems and client-centred methods guide a compassionate, exploratory approach to inner conflicts and values. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change, with short-term goals when useful and deeper reflection when helpful.

Claire explains options clearly and partners with people to build realistic steps forward. Her style aims to be kind, practical and non-judgemental. People meet her to get clearer about communication problems, commitment worries, and family pressures.

She also supports those facing adoption or foster care issues, chronic illness, cancer-related concerns, eating and food-related matters, and work through abandonment themes.

Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed ← Browse all counsellors

Registration

BodyRegistration numberExpires
BACP 392442 February 2026

Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.

Check on the BACP register

Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.

Focus areas and approaches

What Claire works with

Everything Claire lists, in their own terms.

Approaches Claire lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.

Online support

Claire combines client-centred work with cognitive behavioural ideas to guide online sessions. Client-centred therapy centres on listening and following the person’s lead; it helps when someone needs space to make sense of feelings and decide what matters most. Cognitive behavioural therapy focuses on spotting thought patterns and testing small behavioural changes, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and Claire treats this as a joint decision. She will discuss what feels useful, try techniques together, and adjust plans based on the person’s goals and preferences. That collaborative attitude helps shape whether sessions stay short-term and practical or move into deeper reflection.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, each with practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and more natural conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, daily reflections or when writing helps organise thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and daily life.

Frequently asked

What problems does this counselling address?

Claire works with stress, anxiety and depression and helps with relationship and family issues. She also supports people coping with grief and loss and a range of related concerns.

What is her general therapy style?

She uses a client-centred style that prioritises listening and collaboration. Practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy are added when helpful.

How much experience does she have?

Claire has four years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom. That experience includes working with people facing family conflict and long-term health stresses.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is listed with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom. Those are the only credential and location details provided.

Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted. She works with people based in the United Kingdom.

Which online session formats are available?

Claire offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These formats allow different ways to check in and to fit therapy into a busy schedule.

How much does therapy cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model. The subscription can be cancelled at any time.

What do I do to begin?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. You can then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Is this your profile?

Update or remove this listing

Ask us to correct details or take the page down.

Contact us

More counsellors who work with Stress & Anxiety

All of them

5 years in practice BACP

Compassionate counsellor for low mood and life changes

  • Addictions
  • LGBT
  • Trauma and Abuse
View profile

4 years in practice BACP

Warm, practical counselling for life challenges

  • Stress & Anxiety
  • Relationship
  • Grief
View profile