Paulina Szot, BACP

Paulina Szot helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or depression. She also supports those coping with trauma, major life changes and panic symptoms. Paulina offers short, clear conversations that aim to make day-to-day life easier to manage.

Paulina works as an integrative counsellor in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She brings three years of professional experience to her practice and draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to frame sessions.

In meetings she focuses on what matters most to the person in front of her. Conversations are practical and steady. She helps people explore attachment or abandonment concerns, family of origin issues, codependency and communication difficulties. She also supports people dealing with chronic pain, illness and disability, and struggles with eating, guilt or shame.

Paulina aims to create a respectful, sensitive and non-judgemental space. Her approach looks at thoughts, feelings and how the body reacts, so clients can learn coping strategies and clearer ways of responding. She explains options and helps people choose what feels most useful for them.

Sessions can be held in English or Polish. Paulina emphasises collaboration - she and the person seeking help set goals together and adjust the process as those goals change.

Practical approaches for online counselling

Paulina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in a straightforward way. One common approach she uses focuses on the connection between thoughts and feelings to help reduce anxiety and panic; it helps people spot unhelpful thought patterns and try different responses. Another approach emphasises paying attention to physical sensations and emotional reactions, which can be useful for trauma, chronic pain and stress because it links body signals to everyday coping strategies.

Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Paulina invites clients to try methods and gives time to see what fits. She adapts techniques to the person’s goals, pace and preferences rather than applying a single model to everyone.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video calls allow more visual connection, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can feel quicker, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and health needs while keeping the focus on steady progress.