Paula De Souza , BACP

Paula De Souza is a BACP registered therapist in the United Kingdom with 3 years of professional experience. She has supported people coping with anxiety and stress, depression, relationship difficulties, past trauma, health-related challenges and the demands of caring responsibilities. Paula creates a space where individuals can explore thoughts, feelings and experiences while developing practical coping skills and considering how they would like to move forward.

She views counselling as a process and aims to work at each client’s pace on what matters most to them. Her practice is integrative, drawing on different theories and techniques to match what a person needs, with a primary person-centered orientation that places the client’s perspective at the center of the work. Building a trusting, non-judgemental relationship is central to her approach, and she helps people untangle complex issues, find clarity and identify next steps toward the life they want to live. BACP refers to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Paula draws on client-centered work to place the person’s experience at the heart of therapy. This approach emphasizes empathy, active listening and collaboration, helping people feel heard as they explore concerns like anxiety, relationship difficulties and life transitions.

She also incorporates psychodynamic ideas to help clients understand how past experiences and unconscious patterns can influence present feelings and relationships. This can be useful when someone wants to explore deeper roots of recurring emotions or relational patterns.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Paula works collaboratively with each person to identify methods that fit their needs, goals and preferences. Together they consider what feels most helpful and adjust the work as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Paula is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and to access support from wherever the client is located, while allowing licensed professionals to tailor sessions to individual needs.