Paula Barlow , NCPS

Paula Barlow is a counsellor who uses a client-centred approach to help people through difficult times. She holds NCPS and has around nine years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom. Paula emphasises a respectful, non-judgemental style where the person's own goals guide the work.

Paula supports people with common difficulties such as stress, anxiety and depression. She also helps those coping with addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related concerns. Relationship problems and communication issues are included in her focus alongside sleep, eating and career worries.

Her practice draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas as useful ways to understand patterns and try new responses. Hypnotherapy is also part of her toolkit and may be used when it fits a person’s needs.

Sessions are shaped around what each person brings. Paula aims to identify practical steps that feel doable between meetings. She encourages people to notice strengths and small changes that build confidence over time.

People who contact Paula can expect calm, direct conversation and a clear focus on coping strategies. Her background includes supporting those facing family problems, parenting strain, and issues linked to adoption, attachment or fertility.

Paula works in English and sees people across the United Kingdom. She invites anyone thinking about therapy to consider what they want to change and to take the first step towards arranging a conversation.

Therapeutic approaches for online support

Paula commonly draws on client-centred work which focuses on listening closely and helping people set their own goals. That approach is useful when someone needs a steady, empathetic space to make decisions and build confidence.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviours interact and helps people try practical changes. CBT is often chosen for anxiety, low mood, sleep and eating concerns because it breaks problems into actionable steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and Paula treats this as a partnership. Together the person and Paula will discuss goals, try methods and adjust the plan over time to match what feels most helpful.

Online sessions let people connect in ways that suit their life. Video calls are good for a full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging fit people who prefer writing or need more flexible timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily routines while still using the therapeutic methods above.