About me
When life feels heavy, you don’t have to carry it alone.
I’m Paula, a Person‑Centred Counsellor. Since 2015, I’ve been offering a warm, compassionate space where people can talk openly, feel properly heard, and begin to reconnect with themselves. I work with many experiences, including anxiety, depression, loneliness, grief, identity, life transitions, anger, ageing, and chronic illness.
My practice is built on empathy, acceptance, and genuine human connection. Together, we’ll explore the thoughts and feelings that are shaping your life right now — at a pace that feels right for you. Therapy can be a place to rest, to reflect, and to gently uncover new ways of understanding yourself.
If you feel you would like to explore working with me, I would like to offer you a free 20‑minute introductory call to see if we’re a good match.
Training, qualifications & experience
Registered Mental Health Nurse
BSc Sociology and Psychology
Certificate in Counselling Skills, Stevenson College
Post‑Graduate Diploma in Person‑Centred Counselling
Certificate in Children and Young People’s Counselling
PVG Scheme Member
I welcome enquiries from adults aged 18+ years who may benefit from a counselling approach that is calm, accepting, and person‑centred. I uphold strong principles on inclusion and welcome you to meet with me regardless of your age, sex, gender, sexuality, race, disability status, and religious/ spiritual beliefs.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
If the fee feels difficult for you at the moment, please let me know. I’m always open to discussing ways to make counselling more manageable and accessible.
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