Dr. Claire Manton

Counsellor

Get to know Claire

Claire has an empathic and collaborative approach that creates a safe space for clients to explore and navigate their internal worlds.

Dr Claire Manton has long been dedicated to fostering the wellbeing of children, adolescents, and young people. Claire’s therapeutic approach has a relational emphasis. She works with school-aged children, adolescents, and adults on a range of issues including:

Areas of Focus

Anxiety
Depression
Burnout and stress
Life transitions
Experiences of grief and loss
Parenting
Relationship issues
Attachment disturbances
Emotion regulation and overwhelm

At the centre of Claire’s therapeutic philosophy is the significance of authentic connections in the therapeutic process. Claire’s work in psychotherapy and counselling is primarily based in psychoanalytic and attachment theories, but also incorporates somatic, cognitive, and existential theories and approaches.

Claire has had an extensive career in education, which includes teaching and leading wellbeing in primary schools, and teaching both undergraduate and master’s students at university. Along with her therapeutic work, Claire currently works in educational research at Monash University.

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