Paula De Souza, BACP

Paula De Souza is a BACP registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, eating issues, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career questions and life changes. Paula also supports clients dealing with compassion fatigue and long-term conditions such as chronic pain and cancer.

Paula describes counselling as a process that helps when life feels tangled. She invites clients to talk through thoughts, feelings and experiences and to build practical coping skills. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on finding clearer next steps.

Her main approach is client-centred therapy, which means the client’s priorities guide the work. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to help understand patterns that repeat over time. Together these approaches aim to bring clearer self-understanding and more helpful ways of responding to stress and anger.

Paula frames the relationship with the client as central. She works at the client’s pace and pays attention to trust and communication as the basis for change. This style suits people who want a conversational, reflective approach and practical strategies for day-to-day challenges.

Her additional focus areas include issues such as attachment, abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, co-morbidity and communication problems. Sessions are offered in English and Paula works with people across the UK and internationally.

How Paula’s approaches translate to online work