Psychological Wellbeing and Mental Health
Claire provides psychological therapy for adults and young people who are experiencing a wide range of psychological difficulties and neurodiverse conditions, including anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, relationship difficulties, bereavement / loss, and ASD. She works with individuals aged 16 and over and with couples.
Claire has extensive training and experience in a range of psychological approaches. These include Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, short and long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, systemic therapy and solution-focussed therapy. This breadth of expertise allows her to customise treatments according to individual preferences and clinical needs.
Claire has strong professional links with psychiatrists, family therapists and child psychologists, enabling inter-professional work where required.
Claire brings a wealth of experience as a psychological therapist, fostering a compassionate, confidential, and relaxed therapeutic environment for her patients.
Problems treated:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- OCD
- Trauma
- History of Abuse
- Bereavement / Loss
- Relationship Difficulties
- ASD
Chronic Pain Management
Claire specialises in psychological treatments for people with chronic pain and physical health conditions.
Alongside her private practice, Claire has worked in Acute Hospital NHS Trusts for the past 30 years as a specialist in Clinical Health Psychology. She is currently employed as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in a NHS Chronic Pain Management Clinic.
Claire works with people with a wide range of pain conditions including musculoskeletal pain, fibromyalgia, post-surgical pain and pelvic pain.
Claire is highly experienced in the use of evidence-based approaches for the treatment of chronic pain, helping people reduce the pain they experience and live more fulfilling lives.
She retains close working relationships with medical pain specialists and physiotherapists allowing for inter-professional referral and multidisciplinary treatment where required.
Conditions Treated include:
- Musculoskeletal pain
- Back pain
- Neck pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Endometriosis
- Vulval pain
- Bladder pain
- Pelvic pain
- Post-surgical pain
- Neuropathic pain / CRPS
- Medically unexplained pain
- Head / facial pain
Physical Health Conditions
Claire has worked in NHS Acute Hospitals since 1989.
Claire is experienced in treating people with a wide range of medical conditions including diabetes, cancer, gynaecological conditions/women’s health, fertility problems, long-COVID, chronic fatigue, FND and medically unexplained physical symptoms.
She provides psychological therapy to help patients better manage their medical conditions and physical symptoms, adjust to diagnosis and potentially life-changing conditions and work through the emotional impact of living with medical conditions. She also provides psychological therapy to spouses and relatives of people with physical health conditions.
Claire is highly experienced in the use of evidence-based approaches to help people better manage their health conditions and live more fulfilling lives.
Conditions treated include:
- Gynaecological conditions / women’s health
- Fertility problems
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Gastrointestinal conditions
- Cardiac conditions
- Long COVID
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Functional Neurological Disorders
- Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms