About Paula
Paula Clifton welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or big life changes. She introduces herself simply and calmly, and helps clients make small, practical steps toward feeling steadier. Paula uses straightforward conversation to help people talk about grief, sleeping problems, relationships and self‑esteem concerns.
Paula draws on three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
How Paula works
She keeps sessions focused and down to earth. Sessions aim to make thoughts and feelings easier to untangle so everyday decisions feel less heavy. Her way of working is relaxed and client led.
Paula creates a space where people can say what they are thinking without feeling judged. She listens carefully and then offers techniques that fit each person’s needs and pace. Paula uses client‑centred methods to build trust and explore what matters to the person.
She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, to spot unhelpful thinking and try practical changes. Hypnotherapy may be offered as another option to work on habits such as sleep and stress responses. People often come with concerns about parenting, intimacy, career choices, chronic illness or coping after loss.
Paula supports work on boundaries, communication and day‑to‑day coping. She encourages realistic goals and small experiments that can be tried between sessions.
Paula lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Paula works with
The areas below are the ones Paula selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that suit online therapy
Client‑centred therapy focuses on the person rather than the problem. The counsellor listens closely and follows the individual’s pace, helping people find their own solutions and feel heard. This approach is helpful for worries about relationships, grief and low self‑esteem.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect. It uses short practical exercises and experiments to change unhelpful thinking and improve mood or sleep. CBT can be useful for anxiety, stress and sleep problems.
Hypnotherapy offers guided relaxation and focused attention to help with habits like poor sleep or persistent stress responses. It can be considered alongside other methods when a quieter, more experiential option is wanted.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Paula will discuss how each method might fit a person's goals, needs and preferences and then try techniques collaboratively. The plan can change as progress is made so the approach stays relevant.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face‑to‑face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check‑ins or those who prefer writing. These options offer flexibility for different schedules, quieter surroundings and practical access from wherever the client is based.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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