Claire Ratcliffe

Online Therapy

I offer confidential, secure sessions from the comfort of your own space.

Whether you’re at home, travelling, or balancing a busy schedule - online therapy makes it easier to access support when you need it most. I work with individuals, couples and groups across the UK (and internationally where appropriate).

Couples & Relationship Therapy

Relationship therapy allows you to work through issues in your current relationship, look at how past relationships may be affecting your current one, and explore ways of improving and strengthening your relationships in the future.

I believe my primary role is to help you improve your responses to each other without violating your integrity, core values or deeply held principles.

The major aim of relationship therapy is increasing your knowledge about yourself, your partner and the patterns of interaction between you. Therapy becomes effective as you apply new knowledge to break ineffective patterns and develop better ones.

Sex Therapy

I am trained in Assessing and Treating Sexual Issues in Psychotherapy.

I am part of an ongoing group to keep up to date with knowledge and training in this field.

Sex Therapy is a space to explore challenges or questions around sex, intimacy, desire and connection, without judgement.

People come to Sex Therapy for all kinds of reasons, including:

• Feeling disconnected from desire.

• Difficulties with arousal or orgasm.

• Pain or discomfort during sex.

• Navigating different libidos in your relationship.

• The impact of stress, shame, identity, or trauma with sexuality.

• Wanting to reconnect with pleasure.
  

Others areas I work in include:-

• Desire Discrepancy

• Sexual Dysfunctions - Vaginismus, Vaginal Atrophy (dryness)

• Delayed/Premature Ejaculation

• Erectile Dysfunction

• Increasing Sexual Function and Pleasure

• Working with the LGBTQIA+ community

I offer a warm, affirming space for LGBTQ+ clients to explore who they are.

Therapy can be a place to untangle shame, heal from rejection, and gently reconnect with the parts of you that may have been hidden or silenced.

Whether you’re exploring your identity, navigating relationships, or simply longing to feel more at home in yourself, you’re welcome here.

Together we can work toward healing, self-trust, and the freedom that comes from truly embracing who you are.

Couples Intensive

What is a Couples Therapy Intensive?

A Couples Therapy Intensive is a concentrated form of therapy designed to help couples address relationship issues more quickly than traditional weekly sessions.

It's a multi-day, immersive experience where couples work intensively to improve communication, deepen their connection, and resolve conflicts.

Why choose an intensive?

To develop effective ways of communicating

If there has been an infidelity or betrayal that requires immediate support

Deciding whether to stay in your relationship or work towards an end

Deciding if you would like to open up your relationship

Explore sexual intimacy

Creating more emotional depth in your relationship