Clair Conway, BACP

Clair Conway offers practical, down-to-earth support for people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or depression. She introduces short, manageable steps so people can start to feel steadier and make small changes that matter. Clair writes in a straightforward way and listens for what a person most needs right now.

She brings 12 years of counselling and therapy experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP. Her background includes person-centred work, accredited CBT coach practitioner training, and training in acceptance and commitment therapy. Those ways of working shape sessions but the focus stays on each person’s story and strengths.

Sessions are conversational and aim to help people notice patterns in thinking and behaviour. Clair uses practical strategies from cognitive approaches alongside values-based exercises to help with decision making and moving forward. She encourages reflection about personal beliefs and what matters most.

Clair works with people facing trauma, abuse, relationship separations, caregiving stress, fertility and cancer-related concerns, and end-of-life or hospice issues. She also supports people coping with dissociation, dependent personality traits, guilt, shame and feelings of emptiness.

Her style is to listen carefully, offer gentle challenge, and support choices that fit a person’s life. Clair invites people to explore what they want to change and to build on the strengths they already have.

Approaches that guide online therapy

Clair uses person-centred listening which focuses on understanding a person’s experience and priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and clarifies what matters most to them when facing stress, grief or change.

She also draws on cognitive techniques from CBT coaching to help spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical alternatives. These strategies can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life transitions. Acceptance and commitment ideas are used to help people identify values and take small steps towards a more meaningful life.

Finding the right mix of these approaches is a collaborative process. Clair will work with each person to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals and preferences, and she adapts the plan as therapy progresses.

The biography did not specify particular session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around daily life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also be useful when people prefer not to travel or need flexibility to balance work and caring responsibilities.