Clair Conway, BACP

Clair Conway is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and major life changes. She draws on 12 years of practice and works from the view that each person knows their own story best. Clair aims to listen, support and help people find the next step when life feels overwhelming.

Clair uses a person-centred approach that puts the client's experience at the centre of sessions. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques and elements from acceptance and commitment therapy to help people spot unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding. These methods are used practically, with straightforward conversations and doable tasks between meetings.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns related to loss and change, including grief, hospice and end-of-life counselling, fertility and cancer-related struggles, and separation or divorce. She also offers help for people dealing with trauma, abuse, dissociation, attachment wounds and feelings of emptiness or guilt.

Clair supports those caring for others and people coping after natural or human-caused disasters. She helps people manage caregiver stress, family problems, dependency patterns and the complex emotions that follow major life events. Her style is calm and grounded, aiming to help people notice strengths they already have.

People usually find practical reflection and small, realistic steps useful in her sessions. Clair encourages exploring personal values and beliefs to make choices that feel more meaningful. To start, prospective clients follow a short matching process and then arrange sessions to suit their needs.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Clair works from a person-centred foundation, which means sessions focus on hearing the client's story and responding with empathy and curiosity. This approach helps people feel understood and decide what matters most to them.

She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques that help people identify and test unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Those techniques are practical and often involve short exercises or tasks to try between sessions to build new habits. Acceptance and commitment therapy elements are used to help people clarify values and take committed steps in line with what they care about.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Clair will discuss goals, preferences and day-to-day constraints with each person and agree a plan together. The choice of methods is collaborative and may change as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make attendance easier by reducing travel and allowing sessions to fit around work or caregiving duties. It can also allow quicker check-ins when problems spike, or simpler phone-based conversations when video is difficult, depending on what the therapist offers.