Counsellor profile
Paula Cleary, BACP
Counsellor - relationships and anxiety
See online counselling options- Client-centred approach
- Mindfulness techniques
- Solution-focused work
About Paula
Counsellor Paula Cleary is a BACP member with 16 years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, self-esteem difficulties, depression, family issues, trauma and intimacy-related concerns.
Paula introduces herself plainly and directly. She helps people make sense of confusing or painful times. Sessions aim to clarify what is happening now and what someone wants to change next. Conversations move at a steady, manageable pace so clients can reflect without feeling overwhelmed.
Her approach draws on client-centred work, where the persons experience is the focus. Existential ideas are used to look at meaning, choice and responsibility when life feels uncertain. Mindfulness methods help people notice thoughts and feelings without immediately acting on them. Solution-focused tools are used to identify small, practical steps that can make daily life easier.
Paula works in plain language and avoids jargon. She helps people build clearer thinking, better communication and more dependable coping routines. Practical skills are combined with time to talk through deeper feelings when they arise.
People come for many reasons including panic, phobias, anger, issues around commitment or intimacy, and coping with separation or loss. Sessions are offered in English and Paula sees clients in the United Kingdom as part of her practice. To start, she asks people to reflect on what they most want to address so early sessions can be focused and useful.
How her approaches work in online counselling
Client-centred work focuses on the person's experience and builds sessions around what matters most to them. This helps when stress, anxiety or relationship worries feel overwhelming because the conversation follows the client's lead. Existential therapy looks at questions of meaning, choice and responsibility. It can help when life changes or losses leave someone unsure about their future or values.Paula treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will discuss different ways of working and agree which methods to try based on the client's needs, goals and preferences. This means sessions can shift over time as someone notices what helps most.
The biography does not specify which session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can help fit therapy into a busy week by removing travel time and allowing sessions from wherever is most convenient. It can also make shorter check-ins easier to arrange and reduce the time needed on a workday. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists who work this way, often find online sessions useful for continuity of care when life or location makes in-person meetings difficult.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
16+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, low self-esteem, depression, trauma and intimacy-related issues, among other areas.
How does she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines client-centred listening with existential reflection, mindfulness practice and practical solution-focused steps.
How long has she been practising?
She has 16 years of experience working with people on a range of emotional and relational problems.
What professional membership does she hold and where does she practise?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK access her counselling?
International clients are accepted; check practical arrangements before booking if you are overseas.
What are the session formats?
The original information does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and starting arranged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, use the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.