Paula Appleton, BACP, NCPS
14 years in practice
Paula Appleton is a counsellor with 14 years of hands-on experience.
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 hands-on experience. She uses an integrative style and adapts different approaches to fit each person's needs within the BACP Ethical Framework. Paula works in the United Kingdom and supports Deaf and hard-of-hearing clients, using British Sign Language at a qualified level and American Sign Language where needed.
Paula aims to make sessions straightforward and practical. She helps people talk through stress, anxiety and depression.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with trauma, addiction and grief, and helps with relationship and intimacy-related concerns. Her practice draws on several methods so conversations focus on what matters to the person in front of her. Paula uses systemic ideas to look at patterns and connections that affect behaviour and emotions.
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based work to help people notice difficult feelings and build more helpful responses. Sessions may include talking, reflecting on past experiences, and learning small exercises to try between meetings. Paula pays attention to communication needs and adapts the pace and style to suit each person.
Her approach is steady and practical, aimed at helping people manage day-to-day challenges. Paula welcomes people who want a calm, thoughtful space to work through life changes. She explains options clearly and collaborates with people to choose what to focus on next.
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
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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 Paula’s approaches work online
Paula draws on systemic ideas to spot patterns and relationships that shape how someone feels and behaves, helping them see connections and try different ways of responding. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and focus on valued actions, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and life changes. Attachment-based work looks at early bonds and how they affect current relationships and emotional responses, which can help with trust, intimacy and grief.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Paula will discuss goals and preferences and then decide together what to try first. That collaborative process means the therapy plan can change as needs and priorities become clearer.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let you read facial cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short updates, quick reflections or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping the focus on progress and day-to-day coping.
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Questions people ask
What difficulties does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleeping and eating concerns, ADHD and many related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is integrative and practical. She adapts methods to each person, mixes talking with exercises, and focuses on real-life changes you can try between sessions.
How long has she practised?
She has 14 years of experience working in counselling and therapeutic roles.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with BACP and NCPS and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and American Sign Language, and she has qualified British Sign Language skills for Deaf and hard-of-hearing clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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