Paula Rea

Paula Rea is a registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She supports people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, and confidence concerns. Paula aims to make the first step towards help as straightforward and manageable as possible.

Paula works in a collaborative way. She creates an open space where people can talk about painful events and difficult feelings without judgement. Sessions focus on what matters to each person, helping them notice patterns and try small, practical changes.

She draws on a mix of approaches to suit different needs. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps with unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages people to clarify what they value and take action towards it. Paula also uses attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current difficulties.

Her practice includes support for those managing stress, anger, addictions and trauma, along with issues such as sleep, eating, parenting pressures and workplace concerns. She also offers help with complex areas like co-morbidity, codependency and caring for someone with illness.

Paula works with honesty and warmth, aiming to empower people rather than telling them what to do. She encourages practical steps that fit into everyday life and reviews progress regularly. If someone wants to explore whether she is the right fit, Paula invites them to begin with the platform's matching process and scheduling tools.

How Paula's approaches translate to online work

Paula commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her practice. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, which can help with anxiety, depression and sleep problems. ACT encourages people to clarify their values and take small, meaningful actions even when hard feelings are present, which suits issues like motivation, grief and long-term stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula treats the choice of method as collaborative and will discuss what feels most useful based on a person's goals, preferences and day-to-day demands. She adapts techniques so they fit a client's pace and needs rather than following a rigid formula.

The profile does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when a full hour is not needed. It can also let people use strategies from their daily life between sessions, so learning transfers directly into routine situations.