About Paula
Paula Clifton is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She talks with clients about sleep problems, grief, life changes and relationship worries. Her style is straightforward and focused on practical steps people can use between sessions.
Paula has three years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, which she lists as her credential. She creates a calm, non-judgemental space so people can speak openly about difficult thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and paced to the person’s needs. In early meetings she listens closely to what matters most and discusses simple options to try. That might include looking at unhelpful thinking patterns, practising new ways of coping with stress, or using guided imagery to reduce tension.
She works with people to set small, achievable goals. Paula also supports those facing major life transitions, caring stress, or challenges with body image and self-esteem. She brings clear explanations and practical tools rather than technical language.
The aim is to help people feel steadier day to day. People meet Paula by choosing a session format that suits them, such as video, phone, chat or messaging. She accepts international clients and sessions are arranged to fit each person’s schedule.
Taking the first step is acknowledged as significant and Paula aims to make that step easier.
How Paula’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead and helps people find their own solutions, which can be useful for relationship worries, grief and self-esteem issues.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at thinking patterns and behaviours that keep problems going. It uses clear exercises and small tasks to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and change unhelpful habits.
Hypnotherapy uses guided imagery and focused attention to help with stress, sleep and some anxiety symptoms. It is offered as an option alongside conversation-based work for those who want it.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula will discuss goals and preferences in early sessions and choose or combine methods with the client. Decisions are collaborative and adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or messaging to suit different needs. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can fit short check-ins or flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to keep regular appointments and to work therapy around daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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