Claire Cotgrove
Compassionate person-centred support for identity and trauma
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About Claire
Claire Cotgrove offers a calm, accepting place to talk for people questioning gender or sexuality, or who identify as LGBT. She aims to help clients work through trauma, relationship strain, intimacy worries and the everyday fallout of feeling misunderstood. Claire uses a warm, non-judgemental style and puts the person at the centre of the work.
Claire trained in person-centred counselling and holds BACP accreditation, which she uses alongside life experience to shape her approach.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what the client brings each week, with the counsellor alongside rather than directing the path. Creative ways of working are available when they suit the person in front of her. Her practice supports those living with neurodivergence and people facing trauma, abuse, or domestic violence.
She also helps people who are managing relationship problems, intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, grief, and identity questions. The work can be short term or more open-ended depending on what a client needs. In sessions Claire listens for patterns such as attachment wounds, abandonment fears, problems with communication, and difficulties tied to blended family situations.
She will gently reflect what she hears and help people try out new ways of understanding their choices and relationships. The emphasis is on practical steps that feel manageable day to day. Claire is based in the United Kingdom and offers talking therapy in English.
She aims to create a space where people feel seen, heard and better able to make decisions that fit their lives.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 402803
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Claire's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Claire works with
Everything Claire lists, in their own terms.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Claire lists
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How Claire works online
Trauma-Focused Therapy directly addresses the effects of traumatic or abusive experiences. It looks at how past harm affects present feelings and behaviour and offers practical ways to reduce distress and regain a sense of agency.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Claire will discuss options with each person and agree what feels most helpful. That joint decision is based on the client's goals, their current situation, and what feels manageable in session.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into busy lives, avoid travel time, and keep appointments during work or family commitments. It can also allow shorter check-ins on days when a full session is difficult, or make it simpler to meet when face-to-face travel is impractical.
Questions and answers
What kinds of concerns does Claire help with?
She works with LGBT issues, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, and ADHD among other areas. The practice also covers grief, identity, communication problems and chronic health impacts on wellbeing.
What is Claire's therapeutic style like?
She uses a person-centred way of working that focuses on the client's needs and experience. Trauma-focused methods are also used when dealing with past harm and its effects.
How long has she been practising?
Claire has three years of professional experience working with people in counselling settings.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP, and she practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with Claire?
She is not accepting international clients at this time and works with people within the United Kingdom.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin sessions?
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