Paula Appleton, BACP, NCPS
14 years in practice
Paula Appleton is a counsellor with 14 years of experience based in the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- BACP
- 191689 · expires January 2027
- NCPS
- NCS22-02588 · expires July 2026
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English, American Sign Language
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Paula
Paula Appleton is a counsellor with 14 years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She draws on several evidence-informed approaches to tailor sessions to each person. Paula works with people on everyday difficulties as well as deep emotional issues, and she communicates in English and American Sign Language.
Paula’s background includes registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and NCPS. She has spent many years helping people facing anxiety, depression, addiction and grief.
Background and approach
The list of concerns she supports also includes trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, and parenting strains. Her style is flexible and person-centred. Sessions are shaped around what a person needs in the moment - sometimes practical strategies, sometimes reflective conversation.
Paula uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioural ideas, attachment-focused work and client-centred listening to match the pace a person prefers. She has experience supporting people with neurodiversity, attachment issues, and long-term health or caregiving challenges. Paula also works with concerns like ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, body image, and career-related stress.
Paula offers therapy by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, and she accepts international clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to available times.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Paula lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Paula names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How different approaches work online
Existential therapy helps people face big life questions and find meaning when life feels uncertain. It can be useful for coping with major changes, grief, or questions about direction and purpose. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while identifying what matters most and taking steps towards those values. It often helps with anxiety, stress and avoidance patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build healthier ways of relating and feeling safer with others.Choosing the right approach is usually collaborative. The therapist will listen to what matters to you, try a few methods, and adjust based on your goals and preferences. That way therapy becomes a tailored process rather than a fixed prescription.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let you have a face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions often work well when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, reflective writing exercises or when fitting therapy around a busy day. Registered or accredited professionals can offer the same conversational work and therapeutic techniques online as in person, making support easier to fit into everyday life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Paula help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and bereavement, as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is flexible and person-centred, mixing practical strategies and reflective conversation to suit each individual's needs and goals.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Paula has 14 years of counselling experience and has supported people with neurodiversity, long-term illness, caregiving stress, and a range of emotional difficulties.
What credentials and location are relevant?
She is registered with BACP and NCPS and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and American Sign Language.
What session formats are available?
Paula provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is pricing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with Paula?
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