Paula McKee , BACP

Paula McKee is a counsellor who draws on attachment-based, client-centred and solution-focused approaches to help people facing relationship and life stresses. She uses plain conversation to understand what matters most to each person. Paula works in the United Kingdom and communicates in English.

She has 14 years of hands-on experience across education, bereavement services, agency placements and private practice. That background has shaped her work with family dynamics, attachment patterns from childhood and adult relationship difficulties. Paula often supports people dealing with anxiety, stress, low self-esteem and loss.

Paula describes herself as empathic and attentive, with sensitivity to cultural difference and diversity developed through many years in inner and outer London services. She also understands challenges linked to leaving one’s country of birth, drawing on her own lived experience.

Her practice is trauma informed and aims to create a calm space where people can go at their own pace. Sessions focus on making sense of early painful experiences, building insight and finding ways to move forward from difficult memories.

When people want practical steps, Paula uses a solution-focused approach to set goals and identify personal resources. That can sit alongside client-centred listening and attachment-based work to address intimacy, parenting, grief or career concerns.

She offers sessions by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging and operates a subscription model for bookings. Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire to begin the process.

How Paula's approaches work online

Attachment-based work pays attention to how past relationships shape current feelings and behaviour. Online sessions can help people recognise patterns from childhood and try new ways of relating in everyday life. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening without judgement and helping people find their own answers. That approach supports those facing grief, low self-esteem or major life changes by offering a steady, respectful space to talk. Solution-focused therapy is goal-orientated and practical, helping clients set small, achievable steps to reduce distress or improve relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula will discuss what matters to the person and suggest which methods to try. Together they will decide on goals, the pace of sessions and any changes needed as therapy progresses. This collaborative planning keeps the focus on what feels most helpful for the individual.

Online delivery uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for more conversational therapy, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and text options suit short check-ins or people who prefer typing. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare or other commitments while maintaining continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.