About me
Hello. I'm Claire Law: an experienced Preston-based psychotherapist helping people like you to find freedom from what holds them back.
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I offer compassionate, care-filled counselling / psychotherapy for a range of issues, including grief, anxiety, burnout, and childhood trauma. I am neuroaffirming and experienced at working with Autistic and ADHD clients (including late diagnosed people) and clients with other forms of neurodivergence.
I began training as a counsellor in 2012. Since then, I’ve completed a post-grad qualification in Integrative Psychotherapy as well as achieving both my BACP Accredited and Senior Accredited status I’m currently employed part-time as a counsellor in Higher Education as well as offering private counselling.
I’ve experienced for myself the impact of burnout and how psychotherapy can be transformative. I previously worked as a High School Teacher and with autistic and learning disabled adults as well as within the charity sector supporting unpaid carers. I have lived expereince of neurodivergence. As such, I’ve got plenty of life experience to help me to empathise and connect with people in my therapy work.
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I offer a simple process for working together.
1. Make contact with me via the Counselling Directory form, or via my website, to let me know you're interested in counselling.
2. We can then arrange a free, no-pressure 20-mins phone or video intro call . My website allows you to book in directly for this and shows the most up to date availbility I have for intro calls. https://www.freetobecounselling.org/contact
In this, I'll explain some of the practicalities, and briefly chat through what you are looking for from counselling. You can ask any questions you have.
3. I can then email you any follow up information we agreed, such as specific details of location (which is close to the Guild Wheel in Ashton, Preston, PR4, or online via MS Teams).
4. You can decide whether you'd like to book an initial therapy session. In this first session, we'll collaborate so we're both clear on what you want to gain from therapy. Most people opt to then meet weekly (or fortnightly) at the same time. You're free to decide how many sessions feel right for you.
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Areas I specialise in:
- Grief / Loss
- Anxiety
- Adverse childhood experiences and childhood trauma
- Autism and ADHD - I am neuroaffirming with lived experience of neurodivergence. If this is important to you to know more about my lived experience, please ask.
- Burnout
- Relational trauma
I can also offer Single Session Therapy if you feel you have one specific issue you’d like to explore in a one-off session. If this is something you feel you’d benefit from, do get in touch.
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"Claire, thank you soooo much for all your help and support. I’ve had a lot of counselling over the years with so many different counsellors, but I can honestly say you’re the only one that has managed to help me. My life is so much better because of the help and kindness you gave to me. I will be forever grateful”.
"It was a very good and beneficial experience. Claire was lovely, helpful, professional, and very easy/nice to talk to. She was helpful in providing good coping techniques that have helped my anxiety and I would recommend her to others 100%"
"I can’t thank you enough for your support over the last 15 weeks. You provided a calm and comfortable environment and guided me through a journey to explore my anxiety. You helped me address difficult emotional thoughts and feelings and highlighted self-help tools to help me understand anxiety. This helped me reach a level of peaceful acceptance: anxiety no longer controls my daily life, and I now have a much more positive and happier outlook."
Training, qualifications & experience
I began training as a Counsellor in 2012. Since then, I have completed a Post-Graduate university qualification in Psychotherapy. I have experience of Counselling in a range of settings, and currently work part-time as a Counsellor at a university.
I am a registered and Senior Accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Burnout
- Grief and Loss
- Family estrangement
- Neuro divergence: Autism, ADHD and other forms of ND.
Photos & videos
Fees
£60.00 per session
Additional information
£60 per 60-minute session Face-to-Face.
£60 per 60-minute online session.
Many people I work with access sessions fortnightly - this can help to make therapy more accessible.
I can also discuss whether you might find a 60-minute Single Session Therapy (SST) appointment helpful.
When I work
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Further information
ICO Registered
Enhanced DBS
