- Anxiety and panic
- Body and brain focus
- Warm and direct
About Pamela
Pamela Port is a BACP counsellor with 18 years' experience. She practises in the United Kingdom and brings an integrative approach to therapy, choosing different methods to match each person's needs. Pamela is particularly experienced supporting people with anxiety, panic attacks, depression, relationship difficulties and trauma-related concerns.
She combines talking therapies with body-focused work and practical education about how the brain and nervous system respond to stress. That can include gentle somatic techniques and sensorimotor ideas to help people notice and manage physical reactions linked to anxiety and past trauma. Pamela also uses cognitive approaches to address unhelpful thinking patterns.
Sessions begin by identifying the most pressing problems and the changes the person wants to make. Pamela aims to build a trusting working relationship that feels safe enough to look at difficult feelings. She balances warmth and empathy with gentle challenge to help people try different ways of thinking and behaving.
Her background includes work with eating disorders and addictions alongside longstanding clinical practice in trauma, grief and relationship issues. Pamela uses psychoeducation to explain why symptoms occur and to teach practical skills for managing anxiety and panic. She encourages realistic steps and small experiments between sessions.
Pamela welcomes people who want steady support while learning new coping skills. She will help plan therapy around each person’s goals and pace. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
How Pamela’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how close relationships shape feelings and expectations. In practice this means exploring past and present relationship patterns and using the therapeutic relationship to try new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps people spot and test unhelpful thoughts and build small, practical experiments to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms. Sessions usually involve setting goals and trying techniques between meetings. Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily responses to stress and trauma; it offers simple exercises to notice breathing, tension and movement as a route to easing anxiety.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Pamela will discuss different methods and and agree a plan that fits the person’s goals and comfort level. She treats therapy as a collaboration, adjusting techniques as needs change and progress is reviewed.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow someone to use quieter surroundings or shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports continuing work when life changes mean in-person sessions are harder to arrange.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
18+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Pamela help with?
She works with stress, anxiety and panic attacks, depression, relationship difficulties and trauma, among other concerns such as eating and addiction issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Pamela blends empathic listening with practical techniques. She offers both talking work and body-based exercises and will gently challenge unhelpful thoughts.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of clinical experience supporting people with a wide range of emotional and behavioural issues.
What are her professional credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can people who do not live in the UK work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to start therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.