Paula Clements, BACP, NCPS

Paula Clements is a counsellor who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, depression and addictive behaviours. She also supports people facing relationship and family concerns, sleep or eating difficulties, parenting strains, career stress, ADHD and major life changes. Paula works with those affected by abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment differences and neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome.

Paula uses practical, person-focused conversations to find what matters to each individual. She treats the person, not the label, and encourages clients to draw on their own strengths. Sessions are straightforward and aim to build clearer thinking and steadier emotional responses.

Her way of working draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice thoughts and act in line with their values, and Attachment-Based Therapy, which looks at early relationships and how they shape current patterns. She also uses Client-Centred methods that follow the client’s pace, and psychodynamic ideas to consider past influences on present feelings.

Paula holds BACP and NCPS credentials and has four years of professional experience. She trained in the UK and practices from New York. Her manner is direct but compassionate, and she aims to help people make small, manageable changes that add up over time.

If you are feeling overwhelmed by grief, trauma, anxiety or life changes, Paula invites you to take a first step and explore what might help. Starting therapy can feel difficult and she acknowledges the courage it takes to begin.

How Paula’s approaches fit online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often useful for anxiety, low motivation and making life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns, helping with relationship worries, abandonment issues and attachment concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula will discuss your goals and preferences and together you will decide whether ACT, attachment work or a client-centred focus feels most useful. That decision is collaborative and can shift as therapy progresses.

If you are considering online work, check which session formats Paula currently offers before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, save travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They can also suit people who prefer to speak without being on camera or who need a quieter moment between commitments.