Dr Claire Plumbly is a practising Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Consultant and bestselling author who helps high-pressure workplaces move beyond surface-level wellbeing advice. Drawing on two decades of clinical experience she translates therapeutic ideas and complex nervous-system science into clear, practical strategies busy people can actually use.
Organisations book Claire when they want more than awareness. Her sessions give audiences memorable metaphors, science that makes sense, and tools they can apply the same day.
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Burnout: How to Manage Your Nervous System Before It Manages You
The human nervous system was designed to cope with stress, but the persistent demands of modern life and work can grind us down, leaving us operating in one nervous system mode - survival. Learn the most up-to-date neuroscience of stress and why traditional self-care has failed you in the past, plus instant tools to change this.
Recognising Burnout
Recognise the signs of burnout, understand the stages and learn how to halt the progression into full-blown clinical burnout.
Tired but Wired! How to Unwind After Work
The neuroscience behind the struggle to ‘switch off’ plus instant tools for overriding the dopamine-crash and adrenalin-waves that keep us in ‘doing’ mode.
How Trauma Impacts on Burnout
This workshop outlines what trauma (including vicarious trauma) is, risk factors and the impact (ranging from PTSD, anxiety difficulties and burnout) and options of recovery.
How to Stop Procrastinating
Learn the neuroscience behind your procrastination, practical techniques for overcoming this, as well as a transformational tapping tool from therapy to work on a current issue. Leave this workshop ready to take on that project you’ve been avoiding.
How to Recover (and Thrive) After Burnout
What traditional self-care gets wrong - and how to rebuild after burnout without falling into the same boom-bust patterns.
All keynotes and workshops are tailored to your team, event, or organisational needs.
“This was different to other burnout content I’ve seen, I liked the quick, practical tools you shared”
Claire’s sessions are ideal for:
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Leadership development & executive wellbeing events
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Healthcare & frontline staff support
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Mental health weeks or resilience programmes
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Corporate away days, workshops, and internal training
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Academic institutions, podcasts, and public panels
“Learning about the brain was so helpful – I think I’m in red mode more than I realised but at least I now what to do about it now!”
“Your procrastination workshop was transformational for me, that afternoon I finished and sent off a form I’d sat on for months”
“I’ve never been to anything like this before. Got so many insights”
About Claire
Claire is known for making complex psychological ideas feel practical and powerful. She’s not here to talk about bubble baths and mindfulness apps. She’s here to help people recalibrate their nervous systems, interrupt burnout patterns, and finally understand what sustainable performance really looks like.
“People don’t need more self-care advice — they need tools that work with their nervous system and make sense in high-pressure lives. Most already know what they ‘should’ be doing; they just feel like they’re failing at it.”
— Dr Claire Plumbly
Want to book Claire to speak?
If you’re looking for a grounded, high-impact voice on burnout, trauma, boundaries or performance psychology, Claire is currently accepting bookings for:
✔️ Keynote speaking
✔️ Corporate wellbeing events
✔️ Panel discussions
✔️ Podcast interviews
✔️ Workplace training
✔️ Online summits
And more….
To enquire about Claire’s availability or to discuss a tailored session for your audience, please use the link below:
