Claire Owers , BACP

Claire Owers is a registered counsellor and psychotherapist with four years of experience supporting people through a broad range of life challenges. She works with individuals facing anxiety, depression, stress, relationship difficulties, grief, trauma and abuse, and the complexities that can come with neurodiversity. Claire’s practice is grounded in a compassionate, non-judgmental stance that aims to help people feel heard and understood as they work toward change.

Her main orientation draws on psychodynamic psychotherapy, which explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns influence present feelings and behaviours and how these patterns affect relationships and the relationship one has with oneself. Claire also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and she uses solution-focused methods to set practical, achievable goals. She describes herself as trauma-informed and attends to the ways difficult experiences can shape coping and connection.

Claire believes the therapeutic process should be collaborative and tailored to each person’s needs. She prioritises building a trusting relationship where clients can speak openly and without judgement, and she works with people to clarify goals and take steps toward the changes they want to make. Claire is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which is a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom.