Claire Sims, BACP

Claire Sims is a UK-based counsellor with two decades of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and a wide range of other emotional and life challenges. She trained initially in psychodynamic counselling and says that approach remains at the core of her practice, while over the years she has expanded into an integrative way of working that draws on a range of skills to meet each person where they are. Claire works in a trauma-informed, client-led manner, moving at the client’s pace and collaborating to help people feel more in control of their lives.

Her clinical background includes work with survivors of sexual violence and domestic violence, bereavement support at a hospice, helpline roles, and services focused on perinatal mental health, personality disorder support, dementia counselling, and IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies). She has held counselling coordinator and manager roles, set up outreach and telephone services, trained counsellors for online and telephone work, and helped launch video counselling provision. Claire holds BACP accreditation - membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and has been seeing clients since 2005. She aims to offer sensitive, compassionate care tailored to each person’s needs.