Claudelle Shaw, AASW

Claudelle Shaw is an AASW counsellor with 15 years' experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She speaks English and works from Australia. Claudelle aims to create a warm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through difficult emotions and practical problems.

Her approach is collaborative and person-centred. Sessions focus on increasing self-awareness and finding practical steps to change unhelpful behaviour and persistent thinking patterns. Claudelle mixes short-term strategies with deeper work on emotional patterns and attachment concerns.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, attachment-based ideas, the Gottman Method for relationship work, client-centred listening and mindfulness tools. Claudelle adapts these methods to each person's situation and priorities rather than following a fixed formula.

People come to her for help after breakups, during caregiving stress, when coping with illness or cancer, or when facing emptiness and family of origin problems. She also supports those managing chronic pain, communication problems, control issues and the fallout from domestic violence.

Claudelle asks for feedback along the way to keep sessions focused on what matters. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on her availability and the subscription plan terms.

Approaches that translate well to online support

This therapist commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and attachment-based ideas, explained in straightforward ways. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with simple behavioural experiments; it often helps with anxiety, depression and stress by giving clear steps to try. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and how early connections shape current reactions; this can help people who struggle with abandonment, intimacy or repeated relationship conflicts.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Claudelle will explore your goals, preferences and the problems you bring, and together you can choose which techniques to try first. She adapts methods over time based on what helps most for you.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-in conversations when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy can be maintained alongside work and caregiving. Discuss format details when arranging your first session so they suit your schedule and needs.