Claire Ashby, NCPS

Claire Ashby is a UK-based counsellor and hypnotherapist with six years of experience helping people move beyond anxiety, stress, panic and low mood. She combines counselling, hypnotherapy and relaxation techniques to support clients struggling with insomnia, panic attacks, phobias and the ongoing effects of trauma, loss or bereavement. Claire draws on her background as a social worker and meditation instructor to offer practical tools alongside therapeutic work that helps rebuild energy, motivation and enjoyment in life.

Working mainly from a person-centred perspective, Claire tailors her approach to each individual and often integrates hypnotherapy to address unhelpful subconscious patterns that maintain anxiety or low mood. She supports neurodivergent clients as well as people managing relationship, family and parenting challenges, anger, career issues, ADHD and a range of attachment or abandonment concerns. Her practice includes work with those experiencing guilt, shame, dissociation or difficulties originating in the family of origin.

Claire is credentialed in the UK and holds the NCPS credential, which signals recognised professional standing in counselling and psychotherapy. She offers counselling, hypnotherapy or a combination of both, and provides meditation and relaxation methods aimed at improving sleep and reducing stress. Claire works with individual goals to help people regain control, increase resilience and create a more fulfilling life.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support and Change

Claire Ashby uses client-centred therapy to create a supportive, non-judgemental space where the client's experience guides the work. This approach focuses on empathy and collaboration, helping people explore their feelings and build self-awareness so they can make meaningful changes.

She also integrates hypnotherapy to access deeper layers of habit and belief. Hypnotherapy involves guided relaxation and focused attention to help shift subconscious patterns that contribute to anxiety, insomnia or unhelpful coping behaviours, often working well alongside talking therapy.

Claire may draw on cognitive behavioural techniques to identify and reframe unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. CBT offers practical tools for managing symptoms like panic, worry and low mood by breaking problems into manageable steps and testing new ways of coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Claire works collaboratively to tailor methods to each client's needs, goals and preferences. She will discuss options and adapt the plan as progress unfolds so the therapy fits the person, not the other way around.

Online therapy with Claire is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, making it easier to access support around work, family or other commitments. These options provide flexibility in scheduling and ways of communicating, so people can choose the format that feels most practical and comfortable for them while working with licensed professionals and therapists.