About Inspire You Wellbeing
We’re a B Corp certified people and wellbeing consultancy based in Sussex, combining psychology, therapy, coaching and consultancy to support individuals, families, schools and organisations.
Our belief is simple: when we understand and support people as whole human beings, we can create meaningful, sustainable change in how they live, work and perform.
From Play Therapy to a Bigger Vision
Inspire You began in 2008, founded by Claire Elmes, whose background in the NHS and passion for supporting children’s emotional wellbeing led her to establish Inspire Play Therapy.
Working closely with children and families, Claire saw how challenges rarely exist in isolation. A child’s emotional wellbeing affects their family. A parent’s wellbeing influences their relationships. And the pressures people experience at work often follow them home.
As her work expanded into coaching, leadership development and organisational wellbeing, so did the vision for the business.
What started as one practitioner supporting children and families has grown into a multidisciplinary business, but our commitment to understanding the person behind the challenge has never changed.
Bringing Together Therapy, Coaching & Consultancy
Today, Inspire You Wellbeing works with individuals, families, schools, charities and organisations, helping people navigate challenges, build mental fitness and perform at their best.
Our team brings together expertise across therapy, therapeutic coaching, leadership development, people and culture strategy, clinical supervision and workplace wellbeing.
We believe that wellbeing and performance aren’t competing priorities. When people feel supported, understand themselves and have the right skills and environment, they’re better equipped to manage challenges and develop their potential.
Our commitment to people extends beyond the services we deliver. In 2025, we became a certified B Corporation, achieving a B Impact Assessment score of 93.7. This reflects our commitment to responsible business practices and considering the impact we have on our people, clients, communities and the environment.
Alongside our B Corp certification, we’re proud of the professional qualifications, accreditations and recognition we’ve achieved over the years. Our team brings together practitioners with specialist training and professional memberships, helping us maintain high standards across the different areas of our work.
What connects everything we do is our belief that meaningful change takes more than a one-off intervention. We focus on practical, evidence-informed approaches that people can apply, embed and sustain.
Reimagining Wellbeing Through a More Connected Approach
We believe the future of wellbeing needs to look different. Too often, support is delivered in separate boxes. Mental health is treated independently from physical health, workplace wellbeing is disconnected from family life, and support often only becomes available when someone is already struggling.
But people don’t live their lives in separate boxes, so why should their wellbeing be treated that way?
Our ambition is to reimagine wellbeing through a more holistic, connected and proactive approach, recognising the relationship between our physical, emotional, social and professional lives. We’re continuing to explore how science, technology and human connection can work together to create more personalised and effective support. From using neurofeedback and biofeedback to help people better understand their responses, to developing new ways of measuring progress and embedding sustainable behaviour change, innovation is central to where we’re heading.
Our CoreSevenframework brings this thinking together, recognising seven interconnected rhythms of life and providing a practical structure for developing mental fitness. Through the CoreSeven digital platform, we’re making this approach more accessible to individuals and organisations.
We’re also challenging traditional boundaries around where support sits. That might mean helping an organisation support its employees not just as professionals, but as parents, partners and individuals. Or bringing together therapeutic, coaching and organisational expertise to address challenges from different perspectives.
Ultimately, we want to move beyond simply responding to problems and towards creating environments, connections and everyday habits that help people perform at their best.
A small but mighty team.
As a team, we hold professional memberships with: Play Therapy UK (PTUK), British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), EMDR Europe, and the Association of Business Mentors (ABM).
Claire Elmes
Founder BA(hons, PGdip, MANLP, MBACP, EMDRClaire brings over 17 years of experience across therapy, coaching, and mental health leadership. Her vision is to empower people to work to live, not live to work, helping individuals and organisations prioritise mental fitness in proactively rather than reactively.
Chloe Ireland
Operations Manager Bsc(hons), mscChloe is the backbone of Inspire You, managing our business development, marketing and operations. With an undergraduate and master’s degree in Psychology, she brings a brilliant combination of psychological insight, creativity and organisational skills to the team.
Teresa O’Connell
Associate PTUK, emdrTeresa is a qualified Play Therapist with over 25 years’ experience in special needs education and leadership. She uses creative therapeutic approaches to support children’s emotional wellbeing and also provides mental health training and supervision for staff.
Suzie Miles
Associate PTUKSuzie is a qualified Play Therapist and Children’s Nurse with experience across healthcare, education and the charity sector. She is passionate about helping children overcome challenges, build resilience and develop confidence in their unique strengths.
Michele Humphrey
Associate HCPC, BAAT, EMDRMichele has over 20 years’ experience supporting children, teenagers and adults. With a warm, creative and person-centred approach, she combines EMDR and Art Psychotherapy to help clients, particularly those experiencing anxiety or finding traditional talking therapies difficult.
Isla O’Dwyer
Associate BSC, PGDIPIsla is a qualified Therapeutic Counsellor with a Psychology degree and postgraduate diploma in Humanistic Counselling. A registered BACP member, she offers a warm, person-centred approach, helping clients explore challenges, find clarity and strengthen their emotional wellbeing.
Emma Rioseco
Associate PGDIPEmma is a qualified Play Therapist specialising in supporting children with special educational needs. Working primarily in SEN school settings, she creates safe, creative spaces where children can express themselves, build confidence and develop strategies to manage everyday challenges.
Sarah De Silvo
Associate BA(HONS), MSC, EMDRSarah is an experienced Psychotherapist with over 17 years’ clinical experience supporting children, families and professionals. Dual-trained in Systemic Family Psychotherapy and Dramatherapy, she is also accredited in EMDR for both adults and children.
Our Values
Whatever brings you to Inspire You, we believe meaningful change starts with understanding the humans involved.
Whether we’re supporting one person, a family, a leadership team or an entire organisation, we don’t simply deliver a programme and walk away. We get to know the people, understand what is really going on and tailor our approach around what they need.
Human-centred
We start with the individual.
People don’t exist in isolation. What affects one person can ripple through their family, team, organisation and wider community.
Science-backed
Our work draws on psychology, neuroscience, therapeutic practice, coaching and evidence-based approaches – turning research into support people can actually use..
Integrative
We combine therapy, coaching and consultancy, giving you access to different expertise in one place rather than needing separate support for every part of the challenge.
Creative
We find engaging, motivating, and practical ways to create change, adapting how we work to the people in front of us rather than expecting them to fit a standard programme.
Proactive
We help people and organisations build the awareness, skills and strategies that strengthen wellbeing and performance before challenges become bigger problems.
Measurable
We use feedback, data and evidence-based measures to track progress and adapt our approach when needed. This also allows you to review the ROI of our support.
Our Services
From strategic HR consultancy and organisational support to therapy and coaching, children’s therapy, and school support, our work is designed around the humans at the heart of it.
Adult Therapy & Coaching
Support with stress, anxiety, trauma, confidence, performance and life or business challenges.
Organisations
Strategic HR, people and culture support to strengthen leadership, wellbeing and performance.
Schools, Families, & Children
Therapeutic support for young people experiencing emotional, behavioural or wellbeing challenges.
CoreSeven – Your All-in-One Personal Development Platform
Improve all seven areas of your life in one place, without juggling multiple apps. Access on-demand coaching, earn points as you grow, and redeem rewards or give back to your community by donating to charities.
Not sure what kind of support you need?
You don’t need to have it all figured out before you contact us. Tell us what’s happening and we’ll help you work out the most useful next step.