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Paula Talling, BACP

Paula Talling is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low mood and difficult life changes.

About Paula

Paula Talling is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low mood and difficult life changes. She uses straightforward, calm listening to help clients feel heard and understood. Paula works in English and practises from the United Kingdom, drawing on six years of professional experience and BACP membership.

Her approach mixes several ways of working so sessions can be shaped around what each person needs. She pays attention to how early relationships affect current patterns, and helps clients notice how feelings show up in the body.

Background and approach

That can make it easier to find small, practical ways to cope day to day. Paula often focuses on issues such as trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping problems, anger and panic attacks. She also supports people with self-esteem, body image, codependency and feelings of emptiness or isolation.

Conversations are kept simple and direct, with ideas for grounding and settling when anxiety or overwhelm arise. In sessions Paula uses client-led conversation alongside somatic techniques and brief guided relaxation. She aims to create a non-judgemental space where people can explore painful memories and notice new choices.

Work can include checking how patterns began, trying small experiments, and building skills for more comfortable relationships with self and others. Paula describes therapy as a collaborative process. She helps each person set realistic goals and reviews progress along the way.

Practical tasks between sessions are offered when they suit the client's pace and needs.

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Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	378651	January 2027

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

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Ways of working Paula names

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How Paula's approaches work online

Paula uses attachment-based work to help people understand how early relationships affect current thoughts and feelings, which can be useful for anxiety, relationship patterns and feelings of abandonment. Client-centred counselling places the person's experience at the heart of the session, with the counsellor following the client's pace and priorities to build trust and insight. She also uses somatic techniques to help people notice physical signals of stress and learn simple grounding practices that reduce overwhelm.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula treats this as a team effort - she listens to your goals and preferences, then suggests ways of working that match what you want to change. Together you review what helps and adjust the plan as you go.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you use visual cues and body awareness work, phone sessions can be quieter and need less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging suit brief check-ins or times when writing feels easier. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and day-to-day life while still keeping the focus on meaningful change.

Frequently asked

What issues does Paula support people with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and grief, plus relationship and family concerns and sleep problems.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Sessions are client-centred and collaborative, blending attachment ideas, somatic awareness and psychodynamic thinking to meet practical needs.

What is Paula's professional background?

Paula has six years of counselling experience and draws on integrative approaches to shape sessions to each person.

What professional credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are offered online?

Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.

How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with Paula?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.