I am licensed in the UK with 8 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress depression and anxiety, coping with addictions, grief and loss, relationship issues, & trauma and abuse. I work with couples to repair trust, improve communication, and strengthen their emotional intimacy with each other. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
Additional areas of focus: Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, Coaching, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Communication problems, Control issues, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Family problems, Fertility issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Hypnotherapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
NCPS Therapist - Accredited Member (MNCPS Accred) #NCS13-00350
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Paula Barlow. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Paula is a positive, helpful person. I'm grateful for all the training she's done and continues to do. It gives me confidence in the work we are doing together.
Written on Dec 23, 2025 after therapy with Paula for 2 years and 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
Paula is brilliant, and really great at what she does
Written on Nov 13, 2025 after therapy with Paula for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, and coaching
Paula understood my issues and worked through them in a friendly supportive helpful way
Written on Oct 31, 2025 after therapy with Paula for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Paula is a joy to work with as she helps you relax and listens so well. She provides helpful resources . I wouldrecommend her already and I have only had 2 sessions .
Written on Oct 31, 2025 after therapy with Paula for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues
Vital support during some difficult times
Written on Feb 13, 2025 after therapy with Paula for 2 months on issues concerning self esteem, and career difficulties
She is an amazing therapist, who listens and cares.
Written on Dec 04, 2024 after therapy with Paula for 6 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and relationship issues