Claire Laforges, BACP

Claire Laforges is a UK-credentialed therapist with seven years of professional experience who combines relational and client-focused approaches to support people through a wide range of life challenges. She has practised as a client-centred therapist and as a psychosexual and intimate partner therapist, and she has completed BICA infertility training at foundation level. Claire also works as a clinical supervisor in the United Kingdom and brings experience from outreach community settings as well as online and telephone work.

Throughout her career she has supported both children and adults, drawing on a variety of therapeutic tools and theories to help clients gain clearer self-understanding and practical coping skills. Her practice emphasises empowering clients to explore causes of stress, anxiety, and depression, and to address intimacy or sexual function concerns within LGBTQIA+ experiences. She also works with grief and loss, fear of change, health-related worries, and other issues that can unsettle daily life.

Claire aims to create an open, nonjudgmental environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared safely as part of a collaborative process toward more fulfilling living. She typically responds to client messages within 24 hours on weekdays, and she updates her availability twice weekly. Prospective clients are invited to book an available session to begin work with her.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Claire uses attachment-based therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of relating - this approach helps when difficulties with trust, closeness, or repeated relationship struggles are a concern. Client-centred therapy is central to her work and focuses on meeting people where they are; it emphasises empathy, acceptance, and helping clients identify their own goals and solutions, which can be useful for stress, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She also integrates mindfulness therapy techniques to help people build awareness of thoughts and bodily sensations, which can support coping with anxiety, grief, and emotional overwhelm.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. Claire works with each person to identify which methods align best with their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts the work over time as those needs evolve. The therapist-client relationship guides decisions about which tools to emphasise.

Online therapy with Claire is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access support from home or elsewhere, reduce travel time, and allow ongoing work in ways that fit daily life while maintaining a consistent therapeutic alliance with licensed professionals.