Paula Rea, BACP, NCPS

Paula Rea is a registered counsellor with four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She is a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) and an accredited member of NCPS (MNCPS Accred). Paula focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression and trauma in a practical, down-to-earth way.

She aims to create a calm space where clients can talk through painful feelings without judgement. Sessions are collaborative and paced to suit each person. Paula uses everyday language and straightforward tools so people can try things between sessions.

Her background includes work with relationship difficulties, grief and loss, addictions and self-esteem concerns. She also supports people dealing with sleep or eating problems, workplace strain, compassion fatigue and the challenges of long-term illness. Paula pays attention to attachment and abandonment issues that affect how people relate to others.

Therapeutic methods Paula draws on include acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-based work. She also uses client-centred listening and skills from dialectical behaviour approaches when needed. These approaches guide the kinds of conversations and practical exercises used in sessions.

Paula adapts to different styles and aims to make progress feel manageable. She encourages small steps - for example, testing a new way of communicating or trying a short breathing practice. The goal is clearer thinking and steadier emotion so daily life becomes easier to handle.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often shortened to ACT, encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small committed actions to help life feel more meaningful, which can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with change.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape patterns in adult life. It helps people understand their ways of relating and practise different responses to reduce repeated hurt in relationships and improve connection.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and tests practical techniques to change unhelpful cycles. It often involves short exercises and between-session tasks to build new habits for sleep, mood or worry.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. The process is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Online sessions can fit into busy lives. Video calls let conversations feel more like face-to-face work. Phone sessions or short text-based check-ins suit quick reviews or lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and messaging allow step-by-step support and brief reflections between longer appointments. These options make therapy more flexible for people juggling work, family or health commitments.