Clair Wilcox
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About the Therapist
Clair Wilcox is a BACP Accredited Integrative Counsellor with over 10 years of experience supporting people through a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties.
She qualified as a counsellor in 2015 and has worked across NHS-funded counselling, longer-term community therapy, private practice and clinical leadership roles.
Clair has extensive experience supporting people experiencing common mental health difficulties, including anxiety and depression, as well as relational problems, difficult life experiences and more complex emotional concerns.
Her approach is integrative, which means therapy can be shaped around the individual rather than following one fixed model. She works collaboratively, taking time to understand what is happening for you and what you would like to gain from therapy.
Clair has worked extensively within short-term NHS/IAPT counselling, while also providing longer-term therapy where more time and depth are needed. This gives her experience of both focused therapeutic work and deeper exploration of longstanding difficulties and patterns.
Alongside her client work, Clair is a qualified Clinical Supervisor and has held senior clinical leadership roles involving complex cases, safeguarding, risk management, ethical decision-making and supporting the professional development of counsellors.
Her aim is to provide a thoughtful, supportive and professionally grounded therapeutic relationship where you can make sense of what you are experiencing, develop greater self-understanding and work towards meaningful and lasting change.
At a Glance
- Session format: Online
- Client groups: Individuals seeking short-term or longer-term counselling
- Languages: Please enquire
- Areas of focus: Anxiety, Depression, Relationship Difficulties, Life Problems, Childhood Experiences, Domestic Abuse-Related Difficulties and Emotional Wellbeing
- Professional status: BACP Accredited Counsellor & Qualified Clinical Supervisor
- Approach: Integrative, Collaborative, Short-Term and Longer-Term Counselling
Qualifications
- Level 7 MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice – Distinction
- Diploma in Therapeutic Supervision
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- CPCAB Level 3 Counselling Skills and Theory
- CPCAB Level 2 Listening Skills
- Degree in English and Sociology
Therapy Approach
- Integrative counselling
- Collaborative therapy
- Short-term counselling
- Longer-term therapeutic work
- Time-limited NHS/IAPT counselling
- Exploration of current and past difficulties
- Relational therapeutic work
- Individualised treatment planning
- Risk-aware and ethically grounded practice
Client Types
- Individuals seeking counselling
- People experiencing anxiety or depression
- People experiencing relationship difficulties
- People affected by difficult past experiences
- People seeking short-term focused therapy
- People seeking longer-term counselling
- People experiencing more complex emotional difficulties
Mental Health Issues and Areas of Support
- Anxiety and persistent worry
- Depression and low mood
- Relationship and relational difficulties
- Common mental health difficulties
- Current and past life problems
- Childhood abuse and its emotional impact
- Domestic abuse-related difficulties
- Emotional distress
- Feeling overwhelmed or unable to move forward
- Complex emotional presentations
- Exploring longstanding patterns and experiences
- Developing greater self-understanding
- Building emotional resilience and healthier ways of coping
- General emotional and psychological wellbeing
Professional Registration
- BACP Accredited Counsellor
- Qualified Clinical Supervisor
- Regular professional supervision and reflective practice
- Extensive safeguarding and risk-management experience
- Ongoing professional development
Professional Experience
- Qualified counsellor for over 10 years
- Paid NHS/IAPT Counsellor from 2016
- Experience providing short-term integrative counselling
- Experience providing longer-term therapy
- Private counselling practice
- Lead Counsellor from 2018–2020
- Clinical Team Leader from 2020–2025
- Qualified Clinical Supervisor since 2022
- Experience supervising individual counsellors and groups
- Senior experience managing complex cases, risk, safeguarding and ethical concerns
What to Expect
Clair offers a collaborative and professionally grounded space where you can explore what is happening in your life and begin to make sense of difficult thoughts, feelings and experiences.
Her integrative approach means therapy is adapted around you rather than expecting you to fit one particular therapeutic model.
Clair is experienced in both short-term and longer-term work. Shorter-term counselling may focus on a particular difficulty or goal, while longer-term therapy can provide more space to understand recurring patterns, relationships and experiences from the past.
She has extensive experience supporting anxiety, depression, relational difficulties and more complex emotional concerns, including clients whose difficulties involve childhood experiences, domestic abuse or increased levels of risk.
Clair’s many years in clinical leadership and supervision also inform a thoughtful and ethically grounded approach to therapy, with careful attention to safeguarding, risk and the individual needs of every client.
The aim is to help you develop greater clarity and self-understanding while finding ways of moving forward that feel meaningful, realistic and sustainable.