Claudia Castiglione, BACP

Claudia Castiglione offers thoughtful, person-centred counselling grounded in psychodynamic and trauma-focused ideas. She sees how past experiences shape present feelings and helps people make sense of difficult patterns. Claudia works in English and draws on four years of professional experience to support people facing relationship strain, grief, anxiety, low self-esteem and other life stresses.

Her approach treats the person rather than the problem. Sessions focus on understanding where difficult feelings come from and on building practical ways to cope. She believes clients are the experts in their own stories and uses that knowledge as the starting point for change.

Claudia applies Trauma-Focused Therapy when painful events continue to affect daily life. This helps people process overwhelming memories and reduce their hold on current moods and relationships. She also uses Internal Family Systems to look at different parts of the self that can conflict or feel stuck.

Short-term goals and longer-term exploration both have a place in her work. Some sessions focus on immediate coping skills, while others look at deeper patterns that repeat over time. Claudia aims to support people through loss, intimacy worries, addictions, parenting stresses and career concerns.

Practical matters are kept simple. Sessions can be held by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit busy schedules and different needs. Claudia accepts international clients and uses her BACP registration as part of her professional identity.

Blending psychodynamic and trauma work for online therapy

Claudia uses Psychodynamic Therapy to help people understand how past relationships and early experiences influence current feelings and behaviour. This approach is useful when repetitive patterns or long-standing emotional themes cause distress.

She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the impact of upsetting events. That work focuses on processing difficult memories and reducing the immediate emotional charge they create in daily life. Internal Family Systems looks at the different parts of a person - the protective parts and the vulnerable parts - and helps them relate more kindly to one another.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Claudia will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and adapt methods as the work progresses. Clients often try short-term coping strategies first and then move into deeper exploration if needed.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives or limited travel options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for quieter check-ins; live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter reflections or flexible day-to-day support. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or other commitments while keeping the focus on progress and practical outcomes.