About Paula
Paula Talling is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who aims to help people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or past trauma. She works in a calm, down-to-earth way and aims to make it easier for someone to talk about difficult feelings without judgement. Paula holds BACP accreditation, and she draws on different methods to suit each person.
Paula uses somatic work, which pays attention to bodily responses, alongside person-centred and psychodynamic ideas.
Background and approach
She often brings mindfulness into sessions and may use hypnotherapy techniques when appropriate. This mix allows sessions to look at current problems and the earlier experiences that shape them. In practice Paula spends time listening to what matters most to the client and how problems show up day to day.
She supports people who struggle with panic, sleep disruption, low self-esteem, grief, anger and relationship difficulties. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, codependency and feelings of emptiness. Sessions are conversational and paced to each person.
Paula aims to help clients notice bodily signals and develop coping strategies that feel practical. Where needed she will explore how past events influence present reactions, always working with the client’s pace and preferences. Paula has six years of professional experience and offers online formats such as video calls, phone, live chat and text messaging.
Conversations are tailored to what each individual needs, with the aim of helping them move toward clearer feelings and steadier day-to-day coping.
Practical approaches you can use online
Paula commonly uses somatic therapy to help people notice body sensations that link to stress and emotion, which can be useful for panic, sleep problems and chronic anxiety. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns and relationship struggles. Client-centred therapy features in her work too, meaning sessions focus on listening, acceptance and the client’s own goals.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Paula will discuss options and try methods that fit the person’s needs, goals and comfort level. This is a collaborative process and methods can change as therapy progresses.
Online therapy allows sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy around daily life and to keep continuity when travel or schedules are difficult. Paula adapts exercises and somatic practices so they work well over each format, helping people learn tools they can use between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English