About me
Hi I'm Paula, thank you for taking the time to read my profile. Looking for a counsellor can be a daunting experience and finding the right counsellor for you is a very important decision. One of the most important parts is finding a counsellor you 'click' with. My approach to therapy is to be a calm, compassionate presence, down to earth but also practical. We often want practical tools and knowledge to help make changes or face life's ups and downs. I aim to help you learn about yourself, process how you feel, cope better and find new ways to move forward.
As a trauma counsellor I have worked with adults on a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, intimacy, self-esteem, self-confidence, stress, anger, loss and more. My approach is tailored to your needs as we explore together what the barriers are to you reaching your goals and of living a life with more peace and contentment.
Coming to therapy is a courageous step, but it doesn't only have to be at times of crisis. You may want support to understand yourself and others better, help managing anxiety, have faced a recent difficult issue, or be curious about how you respond to situations in your life. I welcome you to reach out and we can discuss your hopes for having counselling.
Training, qualifications & experience
MSc Integrative Counselling - passed with distinction
BSc (Hons) in Sociology
EFT (Tapping) level 1 & 2
EFT Tapping (also known as Emotional Freedom Techniques or simply "EFT") combines elements of cognitive therapy, exposure techniques, and stimulation of acupressure points. Typically, you focus on a specific issue like anxiety, a traumatic memory, pain in your body, or a craving while gently tapping on a sequence of points on your face and upper body with your fingertips. This process is usually accompanied by verbal statements that acknowledge the problem and promote self-acceptance. The core idea is that this combination helps send calming signals to your brain and body, rapidly reducing emotional and physical distress. After just a few rounds of tapping, people often report feeling lighter and calmer and able to breathe more easily – almost as if they now have more space inside.
I regularly undertake continuous professional development in a range of subjects and modalities.
I have worked for rape and sexual abuse charities working with adults and I have experience working at MIND. I have also supported care leavers and young people navigating their next steps.
I hold professional insurance, enhanced DBS and registration with the ICO (Information Commissioners Office).
Training includes but not limited to
Working with dissociative disorders in clinical practise
Working with shame
Embodied Approaches to Psychotherapy
Deep Release: Creative ways to work with the inner child
CGL: Working with addiction Presentation
Refuge: Domestic Violence Presentation
RoSA: Just Say Autism Training
Deep Release: Working with Gestalt in the Counselling Room
Deep Release: Working Creatively with Nesting Dolls in counselling
Deep Release: Attachment behaviour in the counselling room
Safeguarding Essentials (Level 1)
CS: Working with Relational Trauma: Dealing with Disorganised Attachment Understanding Anxiety & Development of Coping Strategies
Suicide Awareness
Attachment & Psychotherapy
Building Confidence and Self Esteem
Moving your practise online
How to do counselling online
Working with bereavement and complex grief
Working with dissociative disorders in clinical practise
Working with shame
Post-Slavery Syndrome: Exploring The Clinical Impact Of The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Embodied Approaches to Psychotherapy
Deep Release: Creative ways to work with the inner child
CGL: Working with addiction Presentation
Refuge: Domestic Violence Presentation
RoSA: Just Say Autism Training
Deep Release: Working with Gestalt in the Counselling Room
Deep Release: Working Creatively with Nesting Dolls in counselling
Deep Release: Attachment behaviour in the counselling room
Safeguarding Essentials (Level 1)
Cruse: Bereavement training
CS: Working with Relational Trauma: Dealing with Disorganised Attachment
Deep Release: Working Creatively with Aspects of Self in Counselling
Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) Step‐by‐Step Procedures for Healing Traumatic Wounds and Alleviating Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Addiction
A Disorder for Everyone - The Online Festival 2022
Training for Bereavement Counselling 1: The Nature of Grief - John Wilson
Ethics & Single Session Therapy - Andrew Reeves & Windy Dryden
Carolyn Spring; Dealing with Distress: Working with suicide and self harm
Introduction to Autism and ADHD
Neurodiversity in the therapy room
DARTS training
Carolyn Spring; Trauma & The Body
Warwickshire Pride
Developmental Trauma Training
Safeguarding Everyone level 1
Safeguarding Children level 2
Essential Supervision Skills (BPS Approved Certificate in Clinical Supervision)
Trauma & the body: treating trauma
NHS Brighton and Hove wellbeing Services: Talking Therapies Webinar
Integrating Internal Family Systems Therapy with Polyvagal Theory
Safeguarding Subgroup webinar Scam Fraud & Sextaution Webinars
Trauma & the body: treating trauma
Neurodivergence isn't a Mental Health Problem: webinar
Anxiety Super conference
Anger energy vs aggression
Pretrial training
Sussex health and care 8 week mindfulness course
Menopause Webinar
The Holistic Attachment summit
Chemsex: What it is and how to work with it - panel discussion
Janina Fisher's Trauma Treatment Certification Training (CCTP): The Latest Advances and Proven Techniques to Resolve Deeply Held Trauma
EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing
Judith Herman webinar - Trauma and Justice
An Integrate: Mind-Body Practice for Working Through Trauma Event - Peter Levine
Working with Shame: The UnShaming Way with David Bedrick
Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment
Dual Status clients
GDPR training
Level 1 & Level 2 EFT Training
Working with adults affected by Adoption
Understanding & Working with Complex Traumatic Dissociation
Therapeutic Engagement with Suicidal Men
Five Rivers: Beyond Neglect: Unavailability as Unseen Attachment Trauma and Its Dissociative Consequences
A Disorder for Everyone! - The Online Festival 2025
Safeguarding Children from Abuse and Neglect (NSCP Course)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£60 for online/video call or telephone sessions
£70 for face to face sessions due to room hire charges
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