Pamela Port, BACP

Additional focuses include body image, abandonment, codependency and communication problems. Pamela draws on attachment-based, client-centred, cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic ideas, alongside somatic approaches that pay attention to body sensations. She uses psychoeducation and practical techniques so people learn tools to manage anxiety or low mood between sessions.

Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. In sessions Pamela keeps language plain and uses gentle challenge when unhelpful beliefs come up. She may offer breathing and grounding practices, help track patterns in relationships, or work on thinking and behaviour changes depending on what a person needs.

The aim is to help people feel more in control and less overwhelmed. Pamela has worked in independent practice and with a broad range of problems. She welcomes people who want a thoughtful, down-to-earth counsellor who will help them make steady progress and find clearer ways to cope.

Background and approach: Pamela’s interest in neuroscience and the body shapes her approach. She believes the brain and nervous system inform how people react to stress and trauma. That informs somatic and sensorimotor techniques she may use to help process difficult memories and reduce physical tension.

Her client-centred roots mean the therapeutic relationship is central. Over 18 years she has combined talking therapies with practical exercises, aiming for therapy that feels useful and transferable into daily life.