Paula North

Paula North offers a warm and welcoming approach for anyone looking for the right counsellor. She encourages prospective clients to read her profile and decide whether her style and experience fit their needs, and she aims to work collaboratively to provide the best possible support.

Licensed in the United Kingdom, Paula brings four years of professional counselling experience to her practice. She has supported people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief and intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting and career challenges, anger, bipolar conditions, ADHD, and other complex matters.

Paula believes that each person is the expert on their own story and that everyone has strengths which can help them overcome challenges. Seeking change takes courage, and she is committed to supporting and empowering clients as they take those first steps toward a more satisfying and balanced life.

Everyone can find life difficult at times, whether because of current pressures or unresolved issues from the past that leave them feeling stuck. When anxiety, depression, stress or fear feel overwhelming, or when relationship problems cannot be resolved alone, Paula provides a safe, non-judgemental space to articulate unspoken thoughts and name difficult feelings. Talking through problems with an understanding professional can make a meaningful difference to daily life.

Using an integrative approach, Paula draws on effective elements from several counselling modalities so her work can be adapted to each person and each issue. Before qualifying as a counsellor she worked in the voluntary sector supporting vulnerable people with a wide range of complex needs. She also co-created and helped deliver an award-winning mental health programme, Take the Weight of your Mind, which focused on building self-esteem, emotional resilience and empowerment.

Her practice focuses on facilitating personal growth and insight with the goal of empowering clients to move forward. Paula aims to help people retain what they learn in therapy by developing practical skills and strategies for coping when new challenges arise, so they can feel more in control of their lives. Central to her ethos is personal empowerment and shifting unhelpful patterns of thinking - she believes that changing the way one thinks can lead to meaningful change in life.

Paula is a non-religious, liberal practitioner who identifies as a female therapist and is experienced working with gay and older clients. She offers support across a wide range of emotional and behavioural concerns and is based in the United Kingdom.