Claire Jean Seymour
Helping people move past stress and trauma
About Claire
Claire Jean Seymour helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions and relationship problems. She supports those dealing with trauma, depression, grief and issues around intimacy. She also works with concerns such as eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, self-esteem and career stress.
Claire holds the NCPS credential and has seven years of experience working with adults in the United Kingdom. Claire uses straightforward, conversational sessions. She listens first, then helps people spot patterns that keep them stuck.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings. The aim is to make small, useful changes that fit everyday life. Her approach blends several methods.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, for example, helps people change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages people to identify values and commit to actions that matter. Attachment-based ideas help understand how early relationships shape current reactions.
Claire adapts the style to each person. Some people need skills training for strong emotions, others need space to process grief or trauma. She works at a steady pace and checks in about progress and goals.
The emphasis is on clear, manageable steps rather than jargon. Sessions are offered online in a range of formats. Claire welcomes people from different backgrounds and sexual orientations, including those who identify as LGBT.
If someone wants help with change, Claire aims to offer a calm, practical partnership to move forward.
What Claire works with
How Claire works
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Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Claire uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours that cause distress. CBT often includes clear exercises and homework tasks that can be practised between sessions to build new habits.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking committed steps toward those values despite difficult feelings. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression and life transitions.
Finding the right way of working is part of the process. The therapist will discuss different approaches and choose or blend methods with the person in a collaborative way based on goals and preferences. That conversation helps set realistic steps and a pace that feels manageable.
Online therapy with Claire is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, while phone calls are a good option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging can suit quick check-ins, brief coaching or people who prefer writing. These options aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
