- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Person-centred approach
- ACT and CBT techniques
About Paula
Paula Bantick-Ward is a BACP-registered counsellor with eight years' experience based in the United Kingdom. She offers individual and couple work for people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, grief, depression and related concerns. Sessions are also described as helpful for intimacy issues, eating and anger concerns, low self-esteem and coping with life changes.
Paula uses a person-centred way of working, which means she aims to be genuine and non-judgemental in sessions. She listens closely and helps people make sense of their feelings and reactions. This often involves exploring attachment patterns and how past experiences affect current relationships.
She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas to look at emotions and interaction patterns, and uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques when they suit a client’s goals. Creative tools such as metaphor, journaling and creative writing may be invited to help reflection.
Paula offers online and telephone sessions as part of her practice and says she adapts the way she works to what each person or couple needs. She uses supervision for clinical support and maintains professional insurance as part of her practice.
Her approach focuses on helping people name difficult emotions, understand their patterns and find workable ways to move forward. Practical steps and reflective exercises are offered alongside listening and discussion. Paula asks prospective clients to use the site booking flow to complete a short questionnaire before arranging a first session.
How her approaches are used in online sessions
Paula integrates Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas to help people identify and name hard-to-reach emotions and to notice interaction patterns in relationships. EFT work aims to make emotions clearer and to shift how people respond to one another in close relationships.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and on choosing actions that reflect personal values. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at how early relationships influence current connection and trust in adult relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Paula will work with each person or couple to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts techniques as the work progresses.
The biography notes she offers online and telephone sessions, so please confirm the exact session formats before booking. Remote sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into busy days, allow quieter check-ins without travel and provide options when in-person meetings are less practical. Registered or accredited professionals can use these formats to continue reflective work, practice new responses and try short exercises or journaling between sessions.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, grief, depression and related concerns listed in her profile. Additional areas include attachment, intimacy issues and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her primary style is person-centred, aiming to be genuine and non-judgemental while listening closely. She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, ACT and CBT techniques as needed.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of counselling experience working with a range of emotional and relationship concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Her biography states she provides online and telephone sessions. Confirm the current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.