Paula Manners
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About me
My name is Paula and I’m an integrative counsellor based in Glasgow city centre. I’m ready to meet you wherever it is that you find yourself, and support you in a safe and supportive way.
There are lots of reasons why you might decide to come to counselling. You might be struggling in your relationship with yourself and others, or identifying that you are stuck in different patterns that aren’t working for you. You might be looking for support to explore something difficult that has happened, or realising that old coping strategies aren’t working for you anymore.
I’m an integrative counsellor, which means that I use different approaches to respond to what it is that you need. I will support you to reconnect to parts of yourself that you’ve lost touch with so that you can be more authentic in your life and relationships.
I work by supporting you to increase your awareness: making connections between how you think, feel and behave; and understanding how what happened in the past impacts you in the here and now. I provide a space for you to pay attention to what’s going on: noticing what is happening in your body and mind, and allowing you to feel your feelings in a supported way.
I believe that the relationship between counsellor and client is really important. That means that I try to offer you a space where you can feel safe, understood and accepted. I might ask you questions about how you feel when we are together, and use that as a way to understand other relationships in your life. My goal is to create a space where you feel safe enough to take risks and try out new ways of being in a relationship with yourself and others.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a lot of experience working with people who have experienced different kinds of trauma, particularly sexual violence, and other forms of interpersonal abuse. I find joy in coming alongside clients to support their growth and believe that everyone has the capacity to flourish regardless of what has happened.
I also have a lot of experience working with the LGBTQ+ community and have an affirming approach to my practice.
I have a diploma in integrative counselling and psychotherapy, and a Masters Degree in social work. I’ve undertaken a wide range of training including trauma informed approaches, ASIST suicide prevention, self-harm and working with addiction.
Member organisations
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
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