Claudia Voss

I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and adhere to their ethical framework. I attend regular supervision to support my work.

I have a BSc (Hons) in Reflective Therapeutic Practice awarded by Middlesex University in London with a Diploma in Humanistic Counselling from Metanoia Institute, Ealing, London. Previously I completed an Introduction to Counselling Course from Ewert House, Oxford University. I further have a BSc (Hons) in Psychology and Sociology from Oxford Brookes University in Oxford.

I am a humanistic counsellor trained in Person-Centred counselling, Transactional Analysis, and Gestalt therapy, integrating all three approaches into my work.

Neurodivergent-Informed Integrative Counsellor

Many of my clients identify as neurodivergent, or are beginning to explore whether they might be. Living in a world that often feels built for other people can bring exhaustion, self-doubt, and a deep wish to be understood.

In our 1:1 online therapy sessions, there is no need to mask or explain your processing style. We will create a flexible, collaborative space to explore what truly supports you, in a way that feels authentic and manageable for your mind. 

Understanding Your Natural Rhythms

Neurodivergence, including ADHD and autism, can deeply influence how you experience focus, connection, and emotions. It may shape how you see yourself in relationships or navigate expectations at work.

Therapy offers a steady, gentle place to:

• Reduce chronic overwhelm and prevent sensory or social burnout.
• Understand internal patterns without judgment or a need to be "fixed". 
• Develop daily habits that align with your natural pacing rather than working against it. 

Together, we can look at what it means to be you without apology - supporting your strengths, deepening your self-knowledge, and building your capacity to thrive entirely on your own terms. 

The Intersection: Neurodivergence in Women

Mainstream mental health care often misunderstands or completely misses the unique ways neurodivergence shows up in women. If you have ADHD, you may have spent years feeling misplaced or misdiagnosed because your traits didn't fit the traditional, male-centered mold. If you are on the autism spectrum, you might be completely exhausted from years of heavy social masking and trying to meet impossible societal expectations.

Navigating the combination of a neurodivergent mind, hormonal shifts, and everyday societal pressures can feel incredibly lonely. I am committed to meeting you with deep sensitivity, care, and understanding. In our sessions, your real, lived experiences as a woman are fully recognized, honored, and supported.

Online Women’s Mental Health & Trauma-Informed Counselling

As a women’s mental health and trauma-informed practitioner, I provide gender-specific therapy for women navigating complex life experiences. Your mental health does not exist in a vacuum, it is shaped by your unique history, your body’s biology, and the world you live in.

I offer a compassionate, empowering space to address the deeply personal challenges that women face across all stages of life, including:

• Hormonal & Reproductive Milestones: Navigating the severe emotional impacts of PMS, PMDD, PCOS, Endometriosis, and the transition into Menopause.
• Fertility & Family Building: Processing the emotional toll of IVF, infertility journeys, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), and perinatal loss.

• Relationship with Self: Body image distress, and reclaiming your relationship with sexuality and pleasure.

Shifting the Weight of Societal Pressure

It is easy to feel inadequate, lonely, or overwhelmed when you are constantly trying to meet unfair societal expectations. Often, what we label as personal anxiety or depression is actually a natural response to gender bias, medical dismissal, trauma, and systemic pressures.

In our sessions, we won’t just look at your symptoms - we will look at the whole picture. Together, we will work to unpack these heavy, external weights so you can reclaim your voice, trust your body, and heal on your own terms.  

Online Student Counselling: Navigating University & Beyond

University life can be an incredible time of growth, but it also brings a unique, high-pressure environment that can feel deeply overwhelming. Having supported student coordinators at Oxford Nightline, alongside my extensive experience working individually with students across various degree levels globally, I have a deep understanding of the intense academic and personal pressures inherent in student life.

I know that rigid academic structures are rarely built with a neurodivergent mind in mind. Trying to balance executive dysfunction, masking, and intense workloads can quickly lead to burnout. In our 1:1 virtual sessions, we won't just look at the symptoms of stress - we will work collaboratively to find practical, gentle strategies and support systems that actually work for your unique processing style. 

Whether you are an undergraduate adjusting to independent living, or a postgraduate navigating demanding research, I am here to help you manage the specific mental health challenges that arise during these years, including:

• Academic & Performance Stress: Working through deep-seated perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and the paralyzing fear of failure or panic attacks.

• Emotional Well-Being: Navigating the heavy layers of loneliness, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression that can blossom away from home. 

Leaving University & Finding Your Footing

Graduation or leaving university doesn't always feel like a neat ending - it often brings a quiet, heavy wave of uncertainty. Moving away from a structured academic routine into the realities of working life, employment, and figuring out who you are as an independent adult can feel incredibly destabilising. In our sessions, you don't have to have it all figured out.

We can use this online space as a steady, confidential place to slow down, catch your breath, and process that transition. Together, we will work on reducing the external pressure you are feeling, so you can gently find your own rhythm and step into what comes next on your own terms. 

Navigating Life Across Cultures: Expat Support

Having grown up in Germany and later moved to the UK, I know firsthand that building a life in another country is about so much more than just a change of address. Whether you are a German speaker living abroad, an English speaker navigating a new culture, or someone feeling stuck between two worlds, the internal emotional toll of cross-cultural living is often deeply misunderstood.

Living across cultures can bring a unique set of challenges that I help clients process, including:

The 'Expat Drop': Navigating the sudden wave of loneliness, homesickness, or anxiety that often hits after the initial excitement of a move wears off.

Identity & Belonging: Feeling like you don’t fully fit in your new home, yet no longer completely fitting back "home" either.

Cultural Masking: The everyday exhaustion of translating your personality, humour, and emotions into a different cultural framework.

Our 1:1 online sessions can be conducted in either English or German. Together, we will create a familiar, steady space to help you untangle these complex feelings of displacement, ground your identity, and help you feel at home within yourself.

Areas of Experience

While I practice as a women’s health-informed, neurodivergent-informed and student-informed counsellor, I work with adults from all walks of life embracing diverse genders, ages, races, cultures, and nationalities.
Over the years, I have supported individual clients through a wide range of personal, relational, and emotional challenges, including:

Emotional Well-Being & Mood

Anxiety & Panic: Managing generalised anxiety, social anxiety, performance anxiety, and panic attacks.

Depression & Low Mood: Navigating deep sadness, hopelessness, and seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

Difficult Emotions: Processing underlying feelings of shame, guilt, and anger.

Identity, Self-Worth & Life Transitions

Self-Esteem: Overcoming low self-confidence, imposter syndrome, and feelings of inadequacy.

Life Changes: Supporting expats navigating cultural adjustment, and individuals facing a lack of direction or feeling 'stuck.'

Identity & Belonging: Exploring cultural, gender, and sexual identity.

Relationships, Family & Loss

Relationship Dynamics: Working through relationship struggles, affairs, betrayals, separation, and divorce.

Family & Caregiving: Navigating family disputes, conflicts, and providing dedicated carer support.

Grief & Trauma: Processing bereavement, deep loss, bullying, emotional abuse, and historic childhood trauma.

Work, Stress & Physical Health

Burnout: Managing workplace stress, executive pressure, and work-life balance conflicts.

Body & Health: Supporting individuals through chronic pain, body image distress

Women's Health: Support for PMDD, PCOS, endometriosis, menopause, fertility struggles, IVF, and abortion. 

£75.00 - £100.00