Dr Claire Plumbly is a UK Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Consultant & author specialising in burnout, PTSD, anxiety, and trauma-informed wellbeing.
She does therapy, keynotes, workshops & media work.
Listen to Claire speak about burnout and trauma in these podcasts
Claire has also featured or written for:
THE BOOK
Burnout: How to Manage Your Nervous System Before It Manages You (UK edition)
The Trauma of Burnout (US edition)
What if your difficulty resting, focusing or managing life's juggle isn’t a flaw — but a nervous-system pattern you can reset?
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For leaders & HR: spot hidden burnout in high performers
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For professionals: break the cycle of overdrive and shutdown
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For therapists: integrate nervous-system-informed tools into practice
"There is only one book on burnout that I will be recommending - this one. We need one in every office and every staff room around the world"
Dr Julie Smith, Clinical Psychologist & Sunday Times best selling author of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before
You’re smart, capable, and outwardly holding it all together - but inside, things feel increasingly unsustainable.
WHY I DO THIS WORK
I’m Dr Claire Plumbly, a UK-based Clinical Psychologist, author, and founder of Plum Psychology.
My mission is to reshape how we understand stress, resilience, and emotional overload — with compassion and a clear psychological understanding of what has happened.
Alongside my writing and public education work, I founded Plum Psychology as a specialist service supporting busy, high-functioning professionals through trauma-informed therapy and intensive psychological programmes. The clinical insights I gain from this work shape everything I teach to leaders, wellbeing teams, and organisations.
Whether I’m supporting individuals through in-depth therapeutic work, consulting with wellbeing leads, or challenging burnout culture on public platforms, I bring real clinical insight and evidence-based therapy tools grounded in day-to-day psychological practice.
My work integrates EMDR, trauma-informed ideas, Polyvagal theory and Compassion-Focused Therapy to offer practical pathways out of burnout and chronic stress — without blame, pressure, or oversimplified solutions.
SPEAKING & MEDIA
Claire regularly speak on podcasts and at events across healthcare, business and mental health. She brings a practicing clinicians perspective on:
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Burnout & nervous-system resilience
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The secret to effective boundary setting
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Trauma-informed teams and services
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Why we struggle to switch off
Her talks combine storytelling, neuroscience and practical tools - audiences leave informed and motivated.
“Your talks on burnout were insightful and deeply engaging, sparking meaningful discussions and leaving a lasting impression.”
- Drazsen Vuity, Organising Committee for the Welsh Hospitals National Dental Conference, 2025
CLINICAL WORK
Effective Talking Therapy & EMDR Intensives
For individuals seeking lasting change without years of therapy, Claire has curated a small specialist team at Plum Psychology offering:
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Comprehensive psychological assessments
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3-day EMDR intensives - for rapid improvement
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Trauma-informed therapy for anxiety, low self-esteem, burnout and perfectionism
“Each step you guided me through just worked its magic. It felt simple and straightforward -the sign of a true expert.”
— Past therapy client