Paula De Souza, BACP

Paula De Souza is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with anxiety, stress, relationship concerns and past trauma. Paula also supports people facing health-related challenges, caring responsibilities and grief, and she accepts international clients who want to work in English.

Paula describes counselling as a process. She creates a calm space where people can be heard and go at a pace that feels right for them. Sessions are led by the client’s priorities and aim to clarify what matters and what the next steps might be.

Her main clinical style is client-centred therapy, which means she follows the client’s concerns and helps them make sense of their experience. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past patterns may affect current feelings and relationships. These approaches are used together to help with issues such as self-esteem, commitment worries, communication problems and coping with life changes.

In practical terms Paula helps people develop coping skills and untangle complex feelings. She talks through emotions, looks at patterns that cause distress, and supports steps towards change. The goal is clearer thinking and more manageable day-to-day living.

People choose Paula when they want a straightforward, non-judgemental counsellor who listens and works collaboratively. Her practice is aimed at adults seeking help with stress, relationship difficulties, trauma, bereavement and a range of related concerns.

How Paula’s approaches translate to online counselling

Client-centred therapy places the client’s experience at the heart of sessions, so the counsellor follows what you bring and helps you make sense of it. This approach is useful for stress, relationship worries and building coping skills because the work is paced by what you need right now.

Psychodynamic therapy looks at patterns that come from past relationships and events, helping to spot recurring themes that affect current feelings and behaviour. It can be helpful for understanding attachment issues, abandonment fears and long-standing emotional reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Paula will discuss options with you and agree on a way of working that matches your goals and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the specific formats available before booking as the profile does not list them. Online counselling can make it easier to fit appointments around work and family life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits your schedule. It can also be helpful when someone prefers not to be on camera or needs a lower-bandwidth option. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often find these practical benefits help people maintain consistency with their sessions.