Pamela Port, BACP

Pamela Port is a counsellor with 18 years of practice in the United Kingdom. She combines several therapeutic perspectives to tailor sessions to each person. Pamela aims to build a warm, respectful working relationship and to help people feel heard and understood.

She draws on approaches that include attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques, psychodynamic thinking and somatic work. Pamela believes understanding how the body and brain react to stress and trauma can make therapy more effective. She uses simple psychoeducation and body-based exercises to help people manage anxiety and low mood.

Sessions focus on what the person brings in that moment. Pamela gently challenges unhelpful thoughts and patterns while keeping a compassionate tone. Practical skills and reflective conversation are mixed so people leave with both insight and tools they can use between sessions.

Common areas she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, eating and body image concerns, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and struggles with self-esteem. She also works with issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, dissociation, guilt and shame, loneliness, and panic attacks.

Pamela offers help for those navigating life changes, separation or grief, and for people connected to the armed forces. Her approach aims to be flexible to each person’s needs and to create steady progress over time.

How these approaches work online

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current ways of relating. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in close relationships and practise new ways of connecting. Client-centred therapy emphasises being listened to without judgement and allowing the person to lead the pace of change; this supports emotional expression and self-understanding in any remote format. Cognitive behavioural therapy gives clear steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, such as coping with panic attacks or low mood, and can be practised between sessions with practical homework.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Pamela will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit best for their needs, goals and preferences. That plan can change as therapy progresses, with the therapist checking in and adapting techniques as required.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer typing, want brief on-the-go support, or need a way to reflect between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family and travel schedules while keeping the focus on progress and practical skills.