Paulina Szot , BACP

Paulina Szot is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and major life changes. She offers straightforward support for panic attacks, feelings of emptiness, isolation and struggles with meaning. Paulina speaks English and Polish and works from the United Kingdom.

Her style is warm and practical. She creates a calm space where people can say what matters to them without judgement. Sessions focus on understanding current difficulties and finding steps that feel doable in everyday life.

Paulina blends different ways of working to match each person’s needs rather than using a single fixed method. She pays attention to how emotions show up in the body as well as in thoughts, and encourages self-compassion alongside practical coping skills.

Her background includes three years of clinical experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That means she works within professional standards in the UK.

People come to her for help with attachment and abandonment worries, family of origin issues, codependency, communication difficulties, eating and food-related issues, chronic pain or illness, guilt and shame, and midlife concerns. Work may include short-term focused support or longer conversations about life purpose and recovery from past hurt.

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Paulina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on both feelings and practical change. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and learn concrete coping skills for anxiety and depression. This method teaches breathing and grounding tools, behavioural experiments and ways to spot thoughts that increase fear or low mood.

Another strand of her work focuses on trauma and attachment. This involves gradually building safety in sessions, naming painful memories, and practising new ways of relating to difficult emotions and to oneself. It can help with abandonment fears, shame, and relationships affected by past hurt.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and can change as needs evolve.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read non-verbal cues and have richer conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins and written reflections that some people find helpful. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life or medical appointments, while still working with registered or accredited professionals.