Paul Anne Quibael-Forman, BACP

Paul Anne Quibael-Forman offers a warm, person-focused approach to counselling that centres the client's experience. She uses Client-Centred Therapy and related approaches to help people speak about stress, anxiety, depression and trauma in a straightforward way. Paul Anne keeps language plain and direct so parents and individuals can quickly understand what to expect.

Her style aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space for people to talk about difficult feelings. Sessions focus on understanding current problems and building simple skills to cope with them. Conversations may include working through grief, relationship worries, identity questions or changes at work.

Paul Anne draws on Existential and Narrative ideas to help people find meaning and rewrite painful stories. Motivational Interviewing is used when someone wants to make changes but feels stuck. Trauma-Focused Therapy is available for those affected by past harm or abuse.

She has 11 years of professional experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That background informs a multicultural outlook, including experience with Filipino cultural perspectives and communication in Tagalog as well as English.

Online formats include video, phone, live chat and text messaging to fit different needs and schedules. International clients may be supported when appropriate. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are arranged to suit the person's timetable.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and following the client's lead. Online sessions using this approach let people speak openly about anxiety, depression, relationship issues and self-esteem while the counsellor reflects and guides the conversation. Narrative Therapy helps people look at the stories they tell about themselves and consider different perspectives; this can be useful for addressing trauma, identity and feelings of emptiness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. Together they decide how to adapt approaches so sessions feel useful and manageable for the individual.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging, which offer practical benefits. Video is useful for more in-depth conversations, phone sessions can fit a short break at work or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can help with quick check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit counselling into busy lives and to continue work across different locations.