Paula Talling, BACP

Paula Talling is a counsellor who focuses on helping people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship worries and jealousy. She speaks plainly and offers a calm, steady presence for people who feel overwhelmed or stuck. Paula makes space for honest conversation and helps clients find clearer ways forward in day-to-day life.

Paula brings six years of clinical experience and works in ways that respond to each person. She integrates client-centred listening with psychodynamic ideas about how early life shapes current patterns. Somatic techniques and elements of hypnotherapy are also part of her practice, used to help people notice how feelings show up in the body.

In sessions Paula encourages practical steps alongside gentle reflection. She helps people understand triggers, rebuild confidence, and practise new ways of relating and coping. Work might include exploring attachment patterns, developing self-soothing strategies, or building clearer communication skills.

Her approach is conversational and collaborative. Paula aims to make therapy feel like a partnership where goals are checked and adjusted together. She also recognises grief, trauma and past hurts can need careful pacing, and she tailors the pace to individual needs.

Paula is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She offers sessions in English and works from the United Kingdom. To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to availability.

How Paula's approaches work online and in conversation

Paula often draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current ways of relating. This can help when jealousy, control issues or repeated patterns cause distress, by identifying familiar triggers and testing new responses.

She uses client-centred counselling to create a non-judgemental space where the client's experience guides the session. That approach focuses on listening, reflecting and helping people name what matters most to them in the moment.

Somatic work is included to help people notice bodily signals linked to anxiety, panic or trauma. Paying attention to breathing, tension and sensations can make it easier to manage intense feelings and build practical coping skills.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Paula works collaboratively to choose which methods to use, checking in about goals and preferences as work progresses. Together they decide whether to focus more on reflection, practical skills, or body-based techniques.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when that suits a busy day. Discuss practical arrangements with Paula when you complete the matching questionnaire so sessions can fit into everyday life.