Counselling in Preston with Claire Law

06/07/2026

🌸Gardening is my 🔝self-care activity. I love the way I can switch my mind off when I step into nature and into gardening.

👩🏻‍💻I've been busy editing and revisiting some of my self-help blogs on my website recently, which are there are a complement to my therapeutic work. The 3 self-care mini series have had an update. Check out the first of these blogs in the link below:

06/07/2026

Grief can look many different ways and can change from one day to the next.
Learn more about grief experiences at https://ow.ly/nv2O50ZfxjH

01/07/2026

This World Wellbeing Week, take a second to think about your wellbeing.

Self care can look different to different people. Grief can impact us physically, mentally and emotionally and it's important to look after yourself.

Learn more about Managing Grief at https://ow.ly/WCB850ZfT2y

26/06/2026

What are you doing to stay cool today? Here in my therapy space, its a case of lots of cold water from the fridge, and a (new) flannel for each client that's been cooling in the fridge. Like the opposite of a "hot towel" in a Chinese restaurant!

18/06/2026

👀I enjoyed a mindful moment this week, watching the busy bees gathering pollen from the brambles.

🐝🌸Bees remind me of what I see as a feature of healthy relationships - mutuality. Bees do their thing of gathering pollen, and flowers do their thing of producing blackberries as a result of their contact. This relationship between bee and bramble is mutually beneficial: both bee and bramble benefit and get something out of the relationship, without exploitation. Both bee and bramble are transformed from their encounter.

💬💬I see this as an analogy for what happens in therapy. Mutuality matters in the relationship between client and therapist. Carl Jung, founder of analytical psychology, put it like this:
"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed."
For me, this quote speaks to the mutual relationship at the heart of effective therapy - a relationship free from exploitation in which there is mutual benefit and transformation.

17/06/2026

"I was not broken - I had undiagnosed ADHD". The headline of this BBC News article resonates with my therapeutic stance when I work with people - I don't see anyone as broken - but I do meet lots of people who feel broken, misunderstood and burnt out. For me its a case of "what's happened to you" rather than "what's wrong with you".

🗣️Counselling / Psychotherapy can be a place to make meaning of who you are in the world, and what helps you to thrive.

👀I currently has some capacity for new clients looking to start therapy - including for people who are wanting a neuro-affirming approach, or to explore what it is to be late diagnosed or late identifying ADHD. Get in touch via my contact page if you want to know more - link in the comments ⬇️

Women diagnosed with ADHD later in life say missed signs left them struggling for years.

12/06/2026

Considering our attachment relationships to others is often part of my work with adults. Our adult attachment styles draw on our early relationship with caregivers when we were a child. If you're interested in the theories and myths explored in this post from the Anna Freud foundation, you might like to check out my attachment theme blog series - link in comments 👇

10/06/2026

Anxiety can feel like the enemy, and the monster you want firmly rid of. Sometimes learning to live alongside, and find ways to feel more neutral about your anxiety can help. That idea is enacpsulated in the saying, "what we resist, persists".

Check out my blog post looking at ways to befriend, or at least feel less hostile towards your anxiety - link in comments below 👇⬇💻👇

08/06/2026

I enjoyed reading this - a small glimpse into how mindfulness, time connecting with nature, and giving self permission to "be" rather than "do" helped one woman recover from burnout.

"After a period of burnout, I realised that nature knows what you need, and is always ready to offer it – you just have to be quiet enough to receive it"