About Paula
Paula Reilly is a counsellor who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She is also experienced in helping with parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and life changes. Paula holds a BACP accreditation and bases her practice in the United Kingdom.
She offers straightforward, compassionate support and listens without judgement. Paula trained in counselling at Staffordshire University and holds a Bachelor of Honours degree. She draws on three years of clinical experience working with the effects of complex trauma and with people facing family and caregiving strains.
Background and approach
Her background also includes work with adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics and ageing and geriatric concerns. Her approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on understanding patterns, building useful skills and trying out small changes between meetings.
She uses elements from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Attachment-Based work and Client-Centred ways of working to tailor an approach to each person. People can expect a calm, warm space to talk and to piece together what matters to them. Paula pays attention to relationships, intimacy and communication, and to the emotions that come with betrayal, loss and life transitions.
She aims to help people notice choices and take manageable next steps. Online and remote options are available, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Sessions are offered in English and Paula accepts international clients.
To begin, use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
Practical approaches for online counselling
Paula uses Client-Centred counselling to prioritise the person’s own goals and pace. This approach focuses on listening closely and helping people find their own solutions, which can be useful for low mood, anxiety and relationship concerns.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT offers clear strategies and short exercises to try between sessions, and can help with anxiety, stress and depressive patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula will discuss which methods suit someone’s needs, goals and preferences and will adjust the plan together. That collaborative decision-making helps tailor sessions to what feels most useful for each person.
Online sessions come in several formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins and written reflection. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit around everyday life and different communication preferences.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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