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Paula Byrne, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 6 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Grief

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Paula Byrne brings six years of professional counselling experience in the United Kingdom. She offers calm, steady support and simple, practical guidance for people who feel overwhelmed. Paula keeps sessions down-to-earth and easy to follow so parents and busy people can engage without extra stress.

Paula started life in caring roles outside mental health and learned early on the value of listening. Her background includes work in a GP surgery, a homeless hostel and with the Samaritans.

Background and approach

Those roles shaped her warm, non-judgemental manner and her focus on honest conversation. Her practise covers common pressures such as stress, anxiety and grief. She also helps with relationship strain, intimacy issues, addiction concerns and trauma and abuse.

Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment issues, blended family challenges, body image and cancer-related distress. Paula uses several approaches to suit different needs. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current relationships.

Client-centred ways of working keep the person’s experience central. Cognitive behavioural techniques offer straightforward tools to manage difficult thoughts and feelings. Sessions are paced to each person.

Paula aims to uncover strengths and small steps that make daily life feel easier. She invites people to explore problems at a speed they can handle and to practise new ways of coping between sessions.

How Paula’s approaches translate to online therapy

Paula uses attachment-based ideas to help people see how early relationships affect present patterns. This approach looks at emotional bonds and can be useful when relationship worries, abandonment feelings or attachment difficulties are present.

She also works in a client-centred way, which means the session follows the person’s pace and priorities. That style is helpful for people who need space to tell their story and to feel genuinely heard. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, provides practical techniques to manage anxious thoughts and unhelpful behaviours and can be used alongside the other approaches.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula will discuss options with each person and decide together what to try first. That collaborative process means methods can be adapted as goals change or new issues arise.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are good for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions work when screen time is difficult, live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or those who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit counselling around work, childcare and other commitments.

What kinds of problems can Paula help with?

She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief and trauma as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues. Other focus areas include addictions, family problems, body image and cancer-related distress.

How would you describe her way of working?

Her style is calm and down-to-earth with a focus on honest listening. She combines client-centred care with attachment ideas and cognitive behavioural tools to find practical steps that help.

What is her professional background?

Paula has six years of professional counselling experience and has worked in a GP surgery, a homeless hostel and with the Samaritans.

Where is Paula based and what credential does she hold?

She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?

Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I begin working with Paula?

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

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 6 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Paula Byrne, BACP

Background and approach

How Paula’s approaches translate to online therapy

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

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