Claire Healy

I offer 50-minute sessions on weekdays, with some additional early morning and evening availability:

• Online: Zoom
• Walk & Talk: Warley Woods, B67 5ED

*In Person: Birmingham currently at capacity*

Hello, I’m Claire. I work with people who learned how to tune into the emotions and needs of the people around them before they learned how to attune to themselves. They want to break the patterns and cycles that keep causing them harm, and I want to help them do exactly that.

We all have blind spots and it’s okay to need some help figuring them out.

I don’t do 'quick fixes', but I will help you find ways to make life right now, feel more manageable, so that we can gently begin to understand the root causes of what has been making life feel so hard.

I’d love to know if you relate to any of the following:

• “I keep saying yes to things, when really, I want to say no. Honestly, I just wish they hadn’t asked me in the first place, because saying no feels wrong, or even impossible.”

• “I feel as though I barely make it through to Friday. I wish I did more things in the evenings and at the weekend that brought me joy, but I just don’t have it in me. It’s like I’m surviving, not actually living my life.”

• “If I stopped putting in as much effort as I do with the people in my life, I worry they wouldn’t like me anymore. It feels as though they only like me when I’m doing something for them.”

• “I would never speak to another person the way I speak to myself, or place the same standards and expectations on them that I place on myself.”

If you choose to book in a free 20-minute, no-pressure chat with me, I’d be interested to know which one (or ones) it was for you.

I like to ask this because it’s okay if you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for as you scroll through different therapist's profiles. The root causes aren’t always obvious. 

They might show up as: anxiety, stress, exhaustion, burnout, low self-esteem, lack of self-trust, depression, confidence issues, trauma responses, people-pleasing, difficulty sleeping, difficult family dynamics, wanting to understand your neurodiversity, or an overarching sense of feeling lost in life.

A Window in to How I Work: landslide moments & erosion impact

Sometimes you know exactly why you want to come to therapy. Something has happened, you can see it clearly, it hurts, and it needs care, time, and space to heal. I think of these as landslide moments.

And then there is the erosion impact. This is when each thing that happened, or thing that was said, might not feel 'big enough' on its own to make it feel worth making it a priority in your life. But over time, it builds, until one day, you realise how very not okay you actually are, but you might not be able to make sense of why your life feels so difficult and painful.

If we work together, the first thing we’ll do is catch me up to where you are now. Not just what has happened, but what you already understand, what still feels confusing, what feels urgent, and what feels too big to touch just yet.

From there, we’ll focus on helping life feel more manageable. Sometimes therapy needs to begin with steadiness before it can go deeper. We might look at what is currently draining you, what support you do or don’t have, what your nervous system is already trying to cope with, and what small changes could help you feel a bit less overwhelmed while we do the work.

As we talk, we’ll probably start to notice repeating themes, patterns or contradictions. These are often the threads that help us understand what is really going on underneath the surface.

Together, we can begin to separate what genuinely aligns with who you are, your values, needs, interests and hopes, from the thoughts and behaviours that might be driven by fear. That might be fear of failure, abandonment, rejection, judgement, conflict, disappointing people, being too much, not being enough, or something else entirely.

We don’t have to know the answer straight away. We just need enough safety, honesty and curiosity to start looking.

I offer a free 20-minute initial consultation before beginning therapy. This is simply a chance for us to have a chat as two people, talk a little about what has brought you to therapy, and see whether we feel like the right fit to work together.

You have the option to have your sessions in three different ways, so you can choose what feels right for you:

• Walk & Talk (Warley Woods, B67 5ED)  -  Ideal if you prefer being outdoors or find it easier to reflect while moving side by side in nature without direct eye contact.

• Online (UK-wide)  -  Flexible and accessible from the comfort of your own chosen space.

• *Currently at Capacity for In Person* (Birmingham)  -  A calm, dedicated therapy space for focused, face-to-face work.

Some clients prefer a regular weekly slot, whilst others need more flexibility due to work patterns, family life, or changing schedules. Wherever possible, we can work together to find an arrangement that feels manageable and supportive for you.

I’m warm, relational and emotionally present in the way I work. I’m not a very formal, ‘poker face’ kind of therapist. I’m professional, but I’m also human, and I want therapy to feel like a real conversation with someone who can sit with the painful, tender, messy or complicated parts of being a person.

I’m also trauma and neurodivergence informed, and I work integratively, which means I draw from several therapeutic approaches that complement each other. I go into more detail about the framework I work from on my website (otherwise this would be longer than it already is), but in simple terms, we can look at your past, your relationships, your patterns, your nervous system, your inner world, and the parts of you that may be trying very hard to protect you.

Over time, the aim is not for you to become a ‘different person’. It is for you to understand yourself more clearly, relate to yourself more kindly, trust yourself more deeply, and begin making choices that feel more like yours.