- 20 years experience
- BACP registered
- Person-centred approach
About Paula
Paula Caffrey is a BACP counsellor with two decades of experience. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, grieving or working through addiction. Paula also supports those coping with trauma, depression and the everyday strain of relationship and attachment difficulties.
Her manner is open and non-judgemental. She creates a warm space where people can talk about what is troubling them. Paula listens to each person's story and tailors the work to their needs rather than following a fixed formula.
Paula trained in Person-Centred counselling and has practise experience with psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural approaches. She also uses Internal Family Systems ideas when helpful, particularly around addiction and repeating patterns of behaviour.
Her background includes roles in addiction services, sexual abuse support and NHS staff counselling. She has worked in private practice since 2010 and brings that varied experience into sessions. Paula spent over five years in the Royal Navy before retraining as a counsellor, which informs her practical, grounded style.
In therapy she focuses on what the person wants to change. Sessions can cover coping with panic and anxiety, processing loss or trauma, understanding attachment wounds, or addressing addictive behaviours. She aims to support people to find clearer choices and greater emotional ease.
How Paula uses different approaches online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. The therapist offers acceptance and reflection so people can find their own solutions; this helps with low mood, self-doubt and relationship worries.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together. It offers practical strategies to reduce anxiety, panic and unhelpful habits by changing thinking and behaviour patterns.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) works with different parts of a person, such as a critical part or an anxious part. It can help make sense of addictive behaviours, self-sabotage and trauma-related reactions by encouraging inner dialogue and compassion.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then try ways of working together. That decision is collaborative and may change as things progress.
If you are considering online sessions, check which session options are offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists using the mentioned approaches, often adapt tools and exercises so the work still feels practical and useful when not meeting face to face.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief and depression, and related issues such as attachment and relationship concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is open, compassionate and non-judgemental. She tailors sessions to each person and works in an authentic, flexible way.
What is her professional background?
She has around 20 years of experience, including roles in addiction services, sexual abuse support and NHS staff counselling, plus long-standing private practice work.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a BACP Therapist registered as MBACP (Accred) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are supplied through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.