Hi, I'm Claire, and becoming a mother changed me in ways I didn’t expect.

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It took time to work out who I was now, what actually mattered to me, and how to build a way of life that gave me the capacity motherhood was asking for. I’m still learning.

 

But that process has shaped my values deeply: I care about honesty over perfection, depth over performance, and spaces where people don’t have to hold themselves together.

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Outside the therapy room, I’m a mum of two, living a very real family life with all the mess, noise, tenderness and negotiation that comes with it.

 

I’m someone who values slow moments, meaningful connection, and the relief of being able to exhale around others. I don’t believe we need to have it all figured out to be worthy of support.

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My work is shaped by both professional training and lived experience.

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Early motherhood showed me how intense and confusing our reactions can become under pressure, and that insight, effort, or 'coping strategies' often aren’t enough, or even what we actually need.

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It was only when I was met by someone who took my experience seriously and without judgement that my anger and anxiety began to ease. Being seen in that way helped me understand, and slowly trust, that my reactions weren’t wrong, they made sense.

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That experience sits at the heart of how I work.

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Therapy with me isn’t “just” talking, and it isn’t about fixing you or telling you what to do.

 

It’s about being with someone who is really paying attention.

 

Someone who offers space for the thoughts, feelings and impulses you might not share anywhere else.

 

And who meets them with steadiness and care rather than judgement.

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I listen not only to what you say, but to what’s happening underneath it, the moments you tighten, rush, go blank, feel overwhelmed or pull away.

 

Because this is where our automatic reactions live, and where they can begin to soften.

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We don’t start by trying to change your behaviour. We start by helping you feel safer to be exactly as you are.

 

As that safety grows, reactions ease, pauses appear, and you begin to feel more choice and more trust in yourself.

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This is gentle, but not superficial, therapy. And it's always rooted in respect for the ways you learned to cope.