Updated 17/11/2025
Remote therapy
Remote therapy
I am currently not taking on any new clients at this time
Marina Claessens
Chartered Psychologist
I am currently not taking on any new clients at this time
What to Expect
Try one session, to see if you feel comfortable with Marina, and decide if therapy may help you.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT focuses on how your thoughts (cognitions) affect your feelings and actions. It recognises and challenges negative thoughts that perpetuate the problems you experience. The objective of cognitive behavioural therapy is for you to experience healthier thoughts and emotions.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) suggests CBT for:
- Depression
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Self Harm
- Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
- Bulimia
- Anorexia
Can Counselling help you?
Counselling helps you by providing a guided approach to self-discovery. It helps you to gain clarity on your goals and develop practical strategies to enhance your everyday wellbeing. This focused collaboration is designed to empower you to make useful changes for your future.
NICE suggests counselling for:
- Depression
Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)
Eye movement desensitisation reprocessing directs your eye movements to affect how your mind processes data. The technique attempts to reprocess your frozen traumatic memories. The objective of eye movement desensitisation reprocessing is to desensitise your upsetting memories.
NICE suggests EMDR for:
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Psychology
Psychology is interested in you and your thoughts, emotions and behaviour. It offers you psychological interventions and mental wellbeing support. The objective of psychological therapy is to help you ease symptoms.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy focuses on you, and you obtaining insight into the difficulties you face. It considers your thoughts, emotions and relevant moments in your life. Psychotherapy aims to help you change or discover appropriate ways of managing.
Therapy
- Abuse
- Anger
- Bereavement
- Relationship Problems
- Self Esteem
- Stress
Private Health Insurance Registrations
- Aviva Health
- AXA PPP Healthcare
- BUPA
- CIGNA
- PruHealth
Language
- English
Qualifications
| British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Psychotherapist with Competency Standard Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Last Check 15/06/2022 | Next Review 15/07/2022 | |
| Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Counselling Psychologist Last Check 10/11/2025 | Next Review 10/12/2025 | |
| British Psychological Society (BPS) Chartered Counselling Psychologist Last Check 17/11/2025 | Next Review 17/12/2025 | |
| November 2011 |
Postgraduate Diploma Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) University of London Royal Holloway (UK) Verified 29/07/2015 |
| July 2006 |
Certificate Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) EMDR Europe (UK) Verified 03/05/2017 |
Marina Claessens is bound by the Standards of Conduct Performance and Ethics in the Practice of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), the Code of Ethics and Conduct of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Standards of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Fees
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Reviews
Summary
Based on 120 reviews
Easy to talk to: 5
Helpfulness: 5
Value for money: 4.9
5.0
Review of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
02 November 2018
Easy to talk to: 5
Helpfulness: 5
Value for money: 5
Warm, sympathetic and incisive. Very welcoming and easy to talk to. She helped me enormously with dealing with personal and professional challenges. She helped me to understand myself better through analysis and therapy.
Anonymous
5.0
Review of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression
26 April 2018
Easy to talk to: 5
Helpfulness: 5
Value for money: 5
This woman has completely changed my life. She was able to help me quickly identify faults in my cognitive habits, and gave me simple and practical ways to make positive changes. I still have a way to go, but thanks to Marina I am happier than I have been in years. Non judgemental, understanding, and very easy to talk to. I've seen other therapists in the past but her relaxed professionalism was well worth the extra money and we made fast progress together. Thank you so much Marina.
Anonymous, 26 from Bath
5.0
Review of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
03 February 2018
Easy to talk to: 5
Helpfulness: 5
Value for money: 5
Calming. Informed and informative on CBT and mindful practices. Excellent listening skills - active, attuned, attentive.
Anonymous
5.0
Review of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
26 April 2017
Easy to talk to: 5
Helpfulness: 5
Value for money: 5
Marina's gentle and clear guidance has helped me navigate through a time of intense, often desperate, feelings about a long buried trauma. She combines both compassionate understanding and professional skill.
Bob, 64 from Bath
5.0
Review of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
30 January 2017
Easy to talk to: 5
Helpfulness: 5
Value for money: 5
I found Marina to be very approachable, very understanding, very authentic, caring, wise, receptive, knowledgeable and helpful.
G., 31 from Bath
5.0
Review of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
20 October 2016
Easy to talk to: 5
Helpfulness: 5
Value for money: 5
Marina has many qualities as a therapist. She has helped me in so many ways, taught me a lot about myself and given me the skills to help with my mental health which I will carry with me forever. She is incredibly easy to talk to and her approach to therapy is gentle yet rewarding. She has also created a safe environment for the sessions which helped to put me at ease. I would recommend her to those who have never had therapy and even those whom have had therapy before.
Anna, 31 from Bath
5.0
Review of Therapy for Relationship Problems
20 May 2016
Easy to talk to: 5
Helpfulness: 5
Value for money: 4
Marina makes me feel so comfortable. I can tell her about anything and she doesn't judge me, very responsive and helpful. Always supportive and non-judgemental. I cannot say enough good things about her!
Alfredo
5.0
Review of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Stress
16 May 2015
Easy to talk to: 5
Helpfulness: 5
Value for money: 5
Marina helped me to better understand the sources of my problems, to clarify my thinking as to where I wanted to be in a year's time and gave me strategies for remaining focused and being positive. A very good listener and motivator.
Adam, 52
Wheelchair access: No