Paula Barlow
Collaborative therapy combining practical skills and reflection
About Paula
Paula Barlow uses a client-centred way of working that puts the person at the centre of the conversation. She draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas to help people manage stress, anxiety and depression. Paula holds NCPS as a credential and brings nine years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
She helps people facing addictions, grief and loss, and those living with trauma or abuse. Her practice also supports people dealing with relationship difficulties, intimacy concerns and problems with sleep or eating.
Background and approach
Practical steps and clear conversations are a regular part of sessions. Paula also works with people navigating family problems, parenting strain, divorce and separation, and issues around adoption or foster care. She pays attention to attachment concerns, communication struggles and feelings of abandonment.
Sessions address both the immediate problem and longer-standing patterns. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person. Paula listens for strengths, then helps build skills and small changes that add up over time.
She uses guided mindfulness, cognitive techniques and talking about past experiences to shift thinking and behaviour. People coming for help can expect a straightforward, respectful style and practical tools to try between sessions. Paula aims to make therapy feel manageable and focused on goals that matter to the individual.
She supports people as they take steps toward clearer thinking, better coping and improved relationships.
What Paula works with
How Paula works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the person. It helps people feel heard and supports them to find their own solutions to stress, relationship issues and self-esteem concerns.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It uses practical exercises and simple reframing to tackle anxiety, depression, sleep problems and unhelpful habits.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches moment-to-moment awareness and basic breathing or attention practices. This approach can reduce rumination, improve sleep and help with emotional regulation.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs, then recommend techniques to try. That decision is made together and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and guided exercises, while phone calls can be a lighter check-in on a busy day. Live chat or messaging suits short updates, written reflections or people who prefer not to use audio. The range of formats makes it easier to fit therapy into work, family life or irregular schedules.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
