Paula Talling

Paula Talling is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing eating and food-related issues alongside stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem and depression. She speaks English and draws on six years of professional experience to support clients through difficult feelings and life changes. Paula aims to create a calm space where people can speak honestly and be listened to without judgement.

She uses a blend of person-centred work and body-focused methods to notice how emotions show up in the body. That includes somatic techniques and mindfulness exercises to help people feel more grounded. Paula also integrates elements of psychodynamic thinking to look at how earlier relationships and upbringing shape current patterns.

Sessions are conversational and paced to the person. Paula listens for patterns such as avoidant behaviour, codependency or attachment difficulties, and helps people try out different ways of responding. She pays attention to worries about body image, feelings of emptiness, shame, guilt and self-harm urges when they come up.

Alongside trauma-focused work, Paula offers hypnotherapy-informed tools when appropriate to help with panic, sleeping problems and overwhelm. Her approach is not prescriptive - she works with each client to find what feels helpful and practical.

Paula is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. To begin, a simple matching questionnaire is completed then sessions are scheduled according to therapist availability. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

Approaches that translate into online support

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape patterns today and helps people notice repeated cycles in relationships and food-related behaviours. Client-centred work focuses on listening and reflecting back what the client says so they can discover their own solutions and build confidence. Somatic therapy involves noticing bodily signals and simple grounding practices to manage panic, sleep problems or overwhelming emotions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Paula collaborates with each person to identify which methods feel most helpful, and she adjusts the work as goals and needs change. The choice of techniques is guided by the client's preferences and what emerges in conversation.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are used. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for short check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also enable use of grounding exercises and mindfulness practices between meetings to support day-to-day coping.