About Paula
Paula McKee uses a warm, relational approach to counselling that helps people feel heard and understood. She is a BACP counsellor with 14 years of client work across education, bereavement services, agency placements and independent practice. Paula writes plainly and offers steady support for people facing hard moments.
Her practice focuses on relationship patterns and attachment issues that often come from earlier experiences. She helps people talk through anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, loss and separation.
How Paula works
Paula also works with concerns linked to neurodiversity, including autism and Asperger syndrome, and with ADHD-related struggles. Paula has a lot of experience with family dynamics and the challenges they bring. She listens for patterns passed down through family of origin issues and helps people untangle repeating cycles.
She also supports those coping with grief, chronic illness, caregiver stress and the practical strains of ageing and midlife change. In sessions Paula combines an attachment-based stance with client-centred listening and practical, solution-focused work. That means she pays attention to relationships and feelings, offers empathetic reflection, and helps set small goals to move forward.
This blend suits people who want both emotional space and concrete steps. Paula has worked across inner and outer London education services and in bereavement settings, which has shaped her sensitivity to cultural and life-change issues. She offers sessions on weekdays and some evenings; scheduling is handled through the site process.
Her approach aims to help people build insight and practical coping skills for lasting change.
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
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Paula draws on attachment-based work to notice how past relationships shape current feelings and responses. This approach focuses on patterns in connection and can help with anxiety, intimacy concerns and family relationship issues.She also uses client-centred therapy, which centres the person and their experience. The therapist listens deeply, reflects what she hears and helps clients feel understood so they can explore feelings at their own pace.
Solution-focused therapy is part of her practice when people want short-term, goal-oriented work. It breaks problems into small steps and helps clients build on their own resources to make practical changes.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Paula will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adjust the balance of listening and practical work to suit their needs.
Online sessions can be offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy around work or family life. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a quicker check-in, while text and chat let people reflect in writing between live conversations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels most helpful. Together these options give flexibility and help people stay engaged with therapy despite busy schedules.
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