Paula De Souza, BACP

Paula De Souza is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. She has four years of professional experience and works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship worries, grief and health-related challenges. Paula also supports those dealing with trauma, caring responsibilities and changes in life circumstances.

She believes counselling is a process that moves at each person’s pace. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and aim to untangle difficult feelings and thoughts. Paula seeks to create a listening space where people can be heard and begin to plan next steps.

Her main approach is client-centred therapy - she follows the person’s lead and builds a trusting, non-judgemental relationship. Paula also draws on psychodynamic ideas when they help make sense of patterns from the past that affect life now.

In practical terms she helps people develop coping skills, clarify values and decide on achievable steps forward. Topics she commonly addresses include family and relationship tensions, parenting stresses, burnout and compassion fatigue, body-image and eating concerns, and long-term health or carer pressures.

Paula aims to keep work straightforward and down to earth. Sessions are conversational and focused on the client’s goals. People looking to work through life changes or ongoing stress may find her approach helpful.

How her approaches work for online counselling

Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the work. In practice this means the counsellor listens, reflects and follows the client’s lead so sessions stay focused on what the client finds most important. This approach can help with stress, relationship worries and coping with life changes.

Psychodynamic therapy looks at patterns that may have started in the past and now show up in relationships or reactions. Talking through recurring themes can help people understand why they respond in certain ways and find different options for moving forward.

Finding the right approach is usually a shared process. The counsellor will discuss what feels most useful and adapt the work to the client’s goals, needs and preferences. Clients are invited to try things and feed back so the plan can be changed as needed.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy day and removing travel time. Online work can allow a shorter check-in on difficult days or make it simpler to attend from a different location. Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the available options before booking.