Claire Molnar

My previous role as a youth worker ultimately inspired me to train as a counsellor. I thoroughly enjoyed walking with young people and wanted to be better equipped to support them, and since then I’ve had the opportunity to work with children, young people, and adults in a counselling capacity. I really value the diversity and richness that comes with supporting individuals across different stages of life. As well as work with young people, I have a particular passion for supporting families, parents, and women as they navigate life’s transitions and challenges. My Approach Above all, I believe in the power of relationship and trust in the counselling space. I see therapy not as fixing, but as walking with you — offering a space to be fully heard, a relationship to help you reconnect with who you are, and to empower you to move forward with clarity and confidence. I always have a client-led approach, but at the right time I can call on my experience of therapy through play, creative interventions, practical takeaways, and reflective prompts to help people explore their experiences in ways that feel safe and accessible. When working with trauma, I take a phased, trauma-informed approach — supporting clients first with grounding techniques and tools for managing day-to-day symptoms, before gently exploring and processing experiences held more deeply. My Training I hold a Masters degree in Integrative Counselling, with specific training in person-centred, systemic, cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic approaches. I have also completed training in Therapy Through Play to work with children. In my practice I follow the client’s lead and strive to be flexible and responsive to this — sessions are always shaped by the client’s unique needs, story, and goals. Outside the Therapy Room I’m passionate about community, friendship, family and travel — all of which continue to shape my values, perspective, and counselling approach in meaningful ways. Some of the issues I have worked with in the therapy room: abuse, anxiety, bereavement, chronic ill health, faith, flack-backs, loneliness, parenthood, panic attacks, relationship breakdown, self-esteem & confidence, self-harm, sexuality, trauma, women’s issues, work-related stress.