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Whilst I can be flexible, I primarily have appointments on Monday and Wednesday Evenings and daytime appointments on Fridays. 

Hello, I am Claire, an experienced accredited therapist and work compassionately with those clients struggling with common mental health difficulties, including depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and trauma.  These challenges can feel overwhelming and make it difficult to reach out for support. I understand these difficulties and can offer a safe and supportive environment to explore your challenges and work together to achieve your goals.  I am committed to using evidence-based protocols tailored to your unique needs.  Whether you are trying to navigate persistent low mood or uncontrollable worry, or if you are worrying about food and eating behaviours that create distress and negative views about yourself regarding shape and weight.  Irrespective of your presenting problem, I will bring warmth, compassion and professionalism to our relationship.  I will support you in achieving your goals and connect with your values, while helping you build resilience to enhance confidence and fulfilment as you move forward. 

I have many years of clinical experience.  I am the founder of an established Eating Disorder Charity of 30 years, commissioned by the NHS to deliver evidence-based therapy.  I also deliver training within the NHS and VCSE sectors and provide some clinical supervision to specialist services. 

I can deliver therapy sessions in person at Birch Barn Therapy Centre and online via video call.

Our work together is a collaborative process in which you and I explore and gain an understanding of your current difficulties together. We can examine what is maintaining the problem and agree on how we will approach it in sessions, collaboratively creating a therapy treatment plan. My approach will be evidence-based, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Enhanced CBT for eating Disorders (CBT-e) and Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT). These models help individuals develop healthier coping strategies, challenge unhelpful thinking patterns and build a more compassionate relationship with themselves. 

I do not underestimate the strength it takes to acknowledge that you might benefit from therapy, then trying to navigate the way forward in accessing the correct therapy treatment for you.   To support you in this, I offer and arrange a complimentary 20-minute no-obligation telephone consultation with you.  The purpose of the consultation is to have a conversation regarding your therapy needs and a chance for you to ask any questions you may have, as well as identify if I am the right therapist for you.  If I am not the right match for your needs, I will aid in supporting you to access the correct therapy for you. 

The initial assessment session is 90 minutes long, giving us the time and space to explore your concerns meaningfully and thoroughly. Using the information shared, we can draw out your difficulties and identify what is maintaining the problem and keeping it going. We will also explore your therapeutic goals and what meaningful change could look like.  Before the assessment session, I will send you some questionnaires to complete, as this aids the assessment, and I will share the outcome with you in the session.  For the initial assessment, my Fee is £75.00 for the 90-minute session.  Subsequent therapy sessions will last for 60 minutes and are charged at £65 per session.