- Client-centred approach
- Psychodynamic insight
- Supports men's wellbeing
About Paula
Paula De Souza is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom. She brings four years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety and relationship strain. Paula focuses on helping clients untangle difficult emotions and make practical changes that suit their lives.
Clients come to her for help with trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, parenting stress and compassion fatigue. She also supports people coping with long-term health conditions, chronic pain, caregiving burdens, and major life changes. Paula works with concerns around self-esteem, anger, career decisions and bipolar-related challenges.
Her main style is client-centred, which means she follows the person in the room and helps them find their own way forward. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time and where they may come from. Sessions aim to be steady and paced to the client rather than rushed.
Paula describes counselling as a process. She listens without judging and helps people develop coping skills and clarity about next steps. Her approach is practical and relational, so clients can expect exploration of feelings alongside realistic plans for change.
Working in English, Paula accepts international clients and combines conversational listening with structured reflection. Fees vary with location and sessions run on a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Paula uses client-centred counselling to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. In practice this means she listens closely, reflects what she hears and helps clients decide their next steps. This approach can help with stress, relationship worries and everyday life choices.She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at recurring patterns and how past experiences influence current feelings. This can be useful when someone wants to understand why they keep repeating the same relationship or coping patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula treats choosing a method as a collaborative process and will discuss what fits a client’s needs, goals and preferences. Together they try different ways of working and adjust the approach over time.
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy commonly helps people fit sessions around work and family commitments, reduces travel time and makes it easier to keep regular appointments. It can suit shorter check-ins, conversations where not being on camera is preferred, or longer reflective sessions when that works best for the client.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Credentials
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Paula support?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief and eating issues, among others listed in her focus areas.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her primary style is client-centred, meaning the client leads the pace and focus. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to consider repeating life patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has four years of professional experience working as a counsellor and has supported people with a wide range of life and health challenges.
What credentials and location are on record?
She is listed with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the UK?
She accepts international clients, so people in other countries can be matched to her.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What steps do I take to start working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.