- Relationship focus
- Mindfulness tools
- Attachment work
About Claire
Claire Gallaugher is a counsellor with more than 15 years of experience working with people facing relationship and family difficulties. She helps with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and issues around intimacy and communication. Claire also supports people dealing with stress, anger, addictions, grief, sleep problems and self-esteem concerns.
Claire offers a calm, respectful approach and adapts sessions to each person’s needs. She works with attachment patterns and relationship dynamics, and she draws on cognitive behavioural ideas and emotionally focused methods to look at how feelings and thoughts shape behaviour. Mindfulness techniques and solution-focused steps are used to help people notice changes and move forward.
Clients can expect practical conversations as well as time to reflect on painful experiences. Claire pays attention to family of origin issues, abandonment and attachment wounds, and she can help people address codependency and communication problems. She also offers support around parenting, blended family challenges and adoption or foster care topics.
Claire is based in Northern Ireland and practices under UK professional standards, holding BACP. She accepts clients who live outside the UK and works with people from different backgrounds. Before booking, readers should check session options and scheduling details to make sure they suit their needs.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and Claire aims to make that step clearer and more manageable. She invites prospective clients to ask questions and complete the online matching process to begin arranging sessions.
How Claire’s approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and supports changing those patterns over time. Client-centred therapy centres the person’s experience and aims to create a non-judgemental space where a person’s own answers can emerge. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Claire will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what has worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as therapy progresses so it fits real life and real needs.
For practical arrangements, please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter or longer check-ins when useful. It can also help people choose sessions that match their energy level, such as a quieter conversation without video or a fuller session when more time is available. Registered or accredited professionals can help you weigh these choices so sessions suit your daily life.
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Experience
15+ years
Credentials
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Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Claire commonly help with?
She helps people with relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, anxiety, depression, stress and addictions, among other areas such as parenting and grief.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is respectful and adaptable, combining attachment-based thinking with client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and emotionally focused ideas to address feelings and behaviour.
What is her professional background?
She has over 15 years of professional experience working in the UK context and across a range of relational and trauma-related issues.
What credentials and location are listed for this counsellor?
She is listed with BACP and is based in Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, with client contracts operating under Northern Ireland law.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
Yes, she accepts international clients, though her contracts are governed by Northern Ireland law.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.