Paula Kane, BACP

Paula Kane works with people who feel exhausted from always having to be strong, who doubt themselves, or who find themselves repeating painful relationship patterns. She supports clients carrying the weight of childhood trauma or past abuse, those who habitually put others first, and people struggling to trust or feeling disconnected from their sense of self. Paula helps clients regain a sense of safety in their bodies, set boundaries without guilt, rebuild confidence, and take back control of their lives and relationships.

She specialises in childhood sexual abuse, domestic and sexual abuse, and harmful relationship dynamics, and combines trauma-informed understanding with person-centred care, mind-body awareness, psychoeducation, relational work, and focused boundary and self-worth support. Trauma-informed therapy explores how traumatic experiences affect the brain, body, and relationships and supports rebuilding safety. Person-centred work lets the client set the pace while the therapist offers empathy, respect, and genuine connection. Mind-body awareness practices help calm the nervous system and reduce anxiety. Psychoeducation helps people recognise trauma responses such as people-pleasing, shutdown, overthinking, or hypervigilance so they can respond with greater self-compassion. Relational and boundary work explores attachment and patterns in relationships so healthier, safer connections can be formed.

Sessions with Paula are gentle, collaborative, and validating. Clients can share their stories at their own pace, make sense of experiences and patterns, release shame and self-blame, learn tools to regulate emotions and feel safer in their bodies, build healthier boundaries and relationships, and reconnect with inner strength and identity. Clients often say that therapy with Paula feels like finally being understood and like having someone in their corner to bear witness to what they have experienced. Paula is BACP - a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom.

Attachment, Person-Centred Care and Online Support

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape expectations and patterns in later relationships. It explores attachment styles and helps people understand and change repeated dynamics that affect trust, intimacy, and safety in relationships. Client-Centred Therapy centres the person receiving support, letting them set the pace while the therapist offers empathy, respect, and genuine listening - this approach helps people feel seen and develop self-directed growth. Mindfulness Therapy uses attention and body-awareness techniques to help regulate emotions, reduce anxiety, and bring calm to the nervous system.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Paula works collaboratively with clients to identify the methods that best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the focus as progress unfolds so the work feels relevant and manageable.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow therapy to fit around work, family, or health needs and make access easier for international clients. These options support ongoing engagement, allow homework and skills practice between meetings, and give people multiple ways to connect with a registered professional in a way that feels most comfortable for them.