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Paula Appleton, BACP, NCPS

Paula Appleton is a counsellor with 14 years of experience based in the United Kingdom.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
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About Paula

Paula Appleton is a counsellor with 14 years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She works in an integrative way, combining approaches to match what each person needs. She follows the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy ethical framework and holds BACP and NCPS credentials.

Paula communicates in English and is able to work with people who use American Sign Language. Paula helps with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief and self-esteem.

Background and approach

She also supports people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, career questions, eating and sleeping difficulties, and the effects of chronic illness. Her work covers more specialised areas such as ADHD, attachment problems, adoption and foster care issues, and caregiver stress. Her style is practical and person-focused.

Sessions centre on what matters most to the individual and on small, manageable steps forward. Paula uses techniques from therapies such as acceptance and commitment work and cognitive behavioural approaches alongside attachment-informed conversations. Paula is experienced working with people who are Deaf or hard of hearing and is familiar with sign language support at an assessed level.

She adapts communication to suit each person’s needs and preferences. Online and remote formats are part of her practice, including video, phone, live chat and text-based messaging. Sessions are arranged via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and scheduling follows the standard matching and booking process.

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Registration

Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	191689	January 2027
NCPS	NCS22-02588	July 2026

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Paula lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Addictions
LGBT
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Hearing impaired
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counselling
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Traumatic brain injury
Trichotillomania
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Paula names

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How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on what matters most to a person and on taking values-based actions, while helping manage difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, stress and life transitions in straightforward, practical ways. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers clear strategies to reduce unhelpful patterns such as worry, avoidance or sleep disruption. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships affect current ways of relating and can be useful for intimacy, trust and abandonment concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy itself. Paula works collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as work progresses. That means the first sessions often focus on what the person most wants to change and how they prefer to work together.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make it easier to access therapy from different places. Video calls let people use visual cues and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can fit into a break from work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options give flexibility for people juggling care, work or travel, while allowing continuity of support with registered or accredited professionals.

Frequently asked

What concerns does Paula work with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief and self-esteem issues, among other concerns listed on her profile.

What is her therapeutic style?

Her approach is integrative and practical, focusing on the person’s immediate needs and on short-term, manageable steps using a mix of therapies.

How much experience does she have?

Paula has 14 years of experience working with a broad range of presenting issues and client needs.

What credentials and region are listed?

She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and she can work with people who use American Sign Language.

What session formats does she offer?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging as ways to meet remotely.

How are costs and payments handled?

Sessions use a subscription model that varies with location and therapist availability and can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the matching process and her availability.