Paula Barlow

Paula Barlow is a counsellor who uses a person-centred approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression and eating and food-related issues. She works from the belief that each person knows their own story and has strengths to draw on. Paula holds NCPS and has nine years of experience supporting people through difficult times.

Her way of working is practical and conversational. She listens first, then helps people name problems and decide on small steps they can take. Paula blends Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness practices to reduce unhelpful thinking and build more helpful habits.

She also draws on elements of psychodynamic thinking to look at how past patterns affect the present. Hypnotherapy is used selectively where it may support behaviour change or anxiety relief. Sessions aim to be calm and focused so people can try things between meetings and notice what changes.

Paula has supported people with addiction, grief, sleep problems and anger, and she helps those coping with relationship strain, fertility concerns and parenting pressures. She has additional experience with attachment issues, adoption and foster care, autism and Asperger syndrome, and hoarding-related distress.

Paula works in the United Kingdom and runs sessions in English. She approaches each person with respect and aims to work collaboratively to set realistic goals and review progress over time.

How Paula’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and creating a supportive space where people are treated as the expert in their own lives. Online work using this approach typically involves open conversation and collaborative goal setting to make progress between sessions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and teaches practical skills to change them. Delivered online, CBT can include guided exercises, thought records and behavioural experiments that people practise between appointments to reduce anxiety or improve mood.

Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice thoughts and bodily sensations with less judgement. In remote sessions this often means short guided practices and simple daily exercises to build calmer responses to stress and cravings.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. Paula will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and help choose or combine methods that fit. That choice is made together and can be reviewed as you progress.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm available options before booking. Many people find online work helps fit therapy into everyday life by cutting travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a busy day, or making it easier to keep regular appointments despite a full schedule.