- Attachment-aware approach
- Client-centred care
- Solution-focused goals
About Paula
Paula McKee is a UK counsellor with 14 years of client work across education, bereavement services, agency placements and private practice. She is BACP-registered, and she aims to provide an empathic space for people to talk about what matters to them. Paula listens for how past attachments shape present relationships and day-to-day difficulties such as worry, low self-esteem and sleep problems.
She has long experience with complex family dynamics and attachment styles from childhood to adulthood. That background informs how she understands relationship strains, parenting stresses and issues linked to loss or separation. Paula also supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, addictions and the emotional impact of neurodiversity.
Her work combines attentive listening with practical goal-setting. Paula uses client-centred ways of working alongside solution-focused techniques to help people notice strengths and try small changes. She aims to move at each person's pace while encouraging steps that reduce distress and improve routine, rest and coping.
Paula describes herself as trauma informed and offers a calm, non-judgemental space to look at early painful experiences when people are ready. She draws on her experience in inner and outer London education services to be sensitive to diversity and difference.
Sessions are usually offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and some evenings; readers should check current times before booking. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
How Paula's approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy helps people understand how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional patterns, useful for worries about intimacy, family conflict and sleep linked to relational stress. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and helping people find their own solutions; it is helpful when someone needs a calm space to speak about anxiety, grief or low self-worth. Solution-Focused Therapy is practical and goal oriented, emphasising small steps and change that can improve routine, coping and rest.Choosing the right approach is often part of early sessions. Paula will work collaboratively to identify which combination of listening, attachment work and solution-focused goals fits a person's needs and aims. The focus is on clear goals and gradual changes that the person feels comfortable with.
The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, for example by avoiding travel or fitting a shorter check-in into a lunch break. It can also help maintain continuity when life or work schedules change. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists usually adapt their ways of working to suit each person's needs, including pacing conversations, using practical tasks between sessions and focusing on sleep and routine when that is a concern.
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Experience
14+ years
Credentials
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Paula address?
Paula works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, grief, addictions, sleep problems and a wide range of related issues such as parenting, bereavement and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends client-centred listening with solution-focused goal work and attention to attachment patterns and past relationships.
What is her professional background?
She has 14 years of experience across education, bereavement services, agency placements and private practice, including work in inner and outer London services.
What credentials and location apply?
Paula is BACP registered and based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify formats; please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.