Claudia Canova, BACP

Claudia Canova is a BACP counsellor who combines practical problem-solving with attention to personal growth. She focuses on building a reliable therapeutic relationship to help people become more authentic and freer in their lives. Claudia frames sessions as a supportive space where clients can speak openly about what is causing them pain and how it affects daily life.

Claudia uses a psychosynthesis-informed way of working that looks at present problems and at what wants to emerge in a person's life. She pays attention to how past experiences shape current patterns, and she notices what has limited a person’s expression of potential. Her approach is gentle but enquiring, balancing immediate coping strategies with deeper exploration.

Her background includes nearly two decades in media and communications, time in the music and performing industries, and some experience in education. Claudia also co-facilitates workshops at the Psychosynthesis Trust for counsellors in training. She spends time volunteering with groups offering emotional support to people affected by Covid-19 and helping vulnerable young adults.

Claudia works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions and self-esteem. She also attends to issues such as parenting strain, eating and sleeping difficulties, career questions, loneliness and problems linked to family of origin. Additional focus areas include abandonment, codependency and communication problems.

Clients can expect a warm, non-judgemental space where the therapist listens closely and helps identify practical next steps alongside longer term aims. The work aims to reduce immediate strain while making room for more meaningful direction over time.

Approaches that guide online work and exploration

Claudia draws on attachment-based ideas that look at how early relationships shape present patterns and close connections. This approach is useful for people struggling with intimacy-related issues, trust, or recurring relationship difficulties.

She also works in a client-centred way, offering an accepting environment where the person’s own goals and pace guide the sessions. This helps when someone needs a space to offload, to clarify choices, or to recover a sense of direction.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Claudia will work collaboratively to identify which methods suit a person’s needs, goals and preferences. That conversation can shift over time as practical aims and deeper questions become clearer.

Please confirm the specific session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can still make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or removing the need to be on camera when that helps concentration. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt pace and focus so sessions match everyday schedules and practical constraints.