Paula Caffrey, BACP

Counsellor Paula Caffrey is a BACP registered member with 20 years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She offers counselling for stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. Paula uses approaches listed as client-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic work, and she integrates Internal Family Systems into her practice.

Paula trained after leaving the Royal Navy, where she served for over five years, and has worked in voluntary and clinical roles across addiction and sexual violence services. Her background includes roles with Alcohol Focus Scotland, Arch Initiatives, RASA, Action on Addiction and NHS staff counselling work before moving into private practice in 2010.

In sessions she aims to listen without judgement and to work in a straightforward, person-centred way. Practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy can be used to help with unhelpful thinking and day-to-day stress. Psychodynamic ideas are offered to look at longer-standing patterns that affect relationships and emotions.

Paula also uses Internal Family Systems to help people understand different parts of themselves. This can be useful when dealing with addiction, trauma responses or repeated self-sabotaging behaviour. She adapts what she uses to the concerns a person brings to a session.

Her work has covered bereavement, low confidence, relationship problems, anger, life transitions and substances. Sessions are conducted in English and she does not take international clients. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How Paula uses different counselling approaches online