Paula De Souza, BACP

Paula De Souza is a BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns and grief. Her practice also addresses trauma, caring responsibilities and changes linked to health and life stages.

Paula offers a calm, listening approach where clients set the pace. She focuses on helping people make sense of current problems and past experiences. Sessions aim to untangle worries, clarify next steps and build practical coping strategies.

Her main approaches include client-centred work and psychodynamic ideas, used together as needed. This means conversations focus on the person in front of her while also noticing patterns from earlier experiences that might be shaping current feelings and behaviours.

Paula supports people through a wide range of concerns such as parenting strain, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image and career pressures. She also works with people facing ageing and geriatric issues and the emotional impact of cancer and long-term conditions.

People who prefer a thoughtful, steady pace and a listening relationship tend to find her style helpful. She aims to build trust, reduce shame and help clients move towards clearer choices and better day-to-day coping.

How Paula's approaches shape online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person and their priorities at the centre of sessions. The counsellor listens closely, mirrors understanding and helps people find their own answers to problems like stress, relationship worries and life transitions.

Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to recurring patterns that come from earlier relationships and experiences. This can help explain why certain situations feel so familiar or hard to change, which is useful for long-standing anxiety, attachment issues and grief.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Paula will talk with the client about what feels most useful, and she adapts methods to match needs, goals and personal preferences. The choice is collaborative and may change over time as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm which online options are available before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people keep continuity of care if they move or live abroad, since international clients are accepted.