Paula Reilly
Compassionate counsellor for life changes
About Paula
Paula Reilly is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety and depression. She supports individuals dealing with relationship problems, parenting strains, grief and the effects of trauma and abuse. Paula also works with issues such as low self-esteem, anger, intimacy concerns and life changes including career and midlife transitions.
Paula has a Bachelor of Honours degree in counselling from Staffordshire University and holds BACP accreditation.
Background and approach
She has three years of experience working with people affected by complex trauma and with those navigating adoption, foster care and blended family challenges. Her background also includes supporting carers, older adults and people dealing with isolation and caregiver stress. In sessions she aims for a warm, non-judgemental atmosphere where each person can tell their story at their own pace.
She uses a mix of approaches to suit the individual - paying attention to attachment patterns, personal narratives and practical strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Mindfulness practices are offered when they fit the client’s needs. Paula sees therapy as a collaborative process.
She works with clients to find the best way forward and helps them build skills to cope when life gets hard. Her style is gently encouraging and focused on practical steps as well as deeper understanding. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to Paula’s availability.
Sessions are offered across a range of online formats to suit different circumstances.
What Paula works with
How Paula works
Listed by Paula among the ways they work.
Listed by Paula among the ways they work.
Listed by Paula among the ways they work.
Listed by Paula among the ways they work.
Listed by Paula among the ways they work.
Listed by Paula among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
Approaches that fit into your life online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people spot and change ways of connecting that cause pain. It can be useful for intimacy problems, anxiety in relationships and healing from past hurts. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor, offering acceptance and non-judgement so clients can find their own answers and build self-worth. It often helps with low self-esteem, life choices and working through difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is practical and problem-focused; it helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and is commonly used for anxiety, depression and stress.Picking the right approach is part of the work. Paula will discuss options with each client and together they will choose what feels most helpful. This collaborative process means methods can be adjusted as needs and goals become clearer over time.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distances, phone sessions work well if a quieter or lower-bandwidth option is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing reflection between talks. These formats offer flexibility while keeping the focus on practical progress and emotional understanding.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Paula help with?
What is her counselling style like?
What experience does she bring?
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
Which languages are supported for sessions?
What session formats are available?
How much do sessions cost?
How do I start working with her?
Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
