Pauline Banks, NCPS
Pauline Banks is a counsellor who draws on ten years of experience to help people facing relationship strains, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges and life transitions.
About Pauline
Pauline Banks is a counsellor who draws on ten years of experience to help people facing relationship strains, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges and life transitions. She holds NCPS as a professional credential and works with individuals to identify practical next steps. Pauline aims to create a steady, respectful space where clients can talk through what matters most to them.
Her approach begins by listening to each person’s story and strengths.
Background and approach
She uses attachment-based and client-centred ideas to make sense of relationship patterns. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding. Where trauma is part of someone's history, she offers careful, paced support that attends to emotions and memories.
Dialectical behaviour therapy tools and EMDR are available as part of a broader plan when they suit a person's needs. Sessions are practical and rooted in what a person wants to change. Pauline has worked with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, addiction and stress.
She also helps with communication problems, boundary setting, self-esteem and career decisions. Her practice includes support for adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties and chronic illness challenges. People who prefer English-language therapy will find sessions in that language.
Pauline works with individuals in the United Kingdom and uses online formats to connect with clients. She invites people to take the first step and explore whether her way of working fits their needs.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| NCPS | NCS23-01335 | March 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
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 Pauline lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Pauline names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How Pauline uses therapy approaches online
Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions using this approach focus on understanding attachment styles and on changing interaction habits that cause pain. Client-centred therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor follows the client's pace, reflects back what is said and helps people find their own answers rather than directing them.Cognitive behavioural therapy, used alongside these approaches, helps spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviours. It is a practical way to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change routines that no longer serve someone. Pauline will work with each person to choose the mix of approaches that feels most helpful for their goals and preferences in a collaborative way.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls suit lower bandwidth needs or brief check-ins, and messaging or live chat can help people keep a steady routine or fit therapy into a busy day. Registered or accredited professionals can provide effective support through these formats, and Pauline will help decide which option fits a person's situation and goals.
Frequently asked
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with relationship issues, family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting, coping with life changes, stress and anxiety among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Pauline combines attachment-based and client-centred ways of working with CBT and DBT techniques to deliver practical, person-focused sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Pauline has over ten years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and relational difficulties.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
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