Paula Clements

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

About Paula

Paula Clements works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, depression and addictions, and supports people facing relationship, family and parenting pressures. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy in her work. Paula is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). She has four years of professional experience.

Paula offers a conversational, person-focused way of working. She listens to each person’s difficulties and helps them notice patterns in thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Sessions may look at past attachment experiences and how these affect present relationships, or at values and actions that matter now.

Her use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values. Attachment-based work looks at connection styles and how early relationships influence current responses. Client-Centred Therapy provides a non-directive space where the person leads what is discussed, while psychodynamic ideas are used to consider longer-term patterns and themes.

Paula aims to support practical coping, such as managing sleep, substance use, anger or career stress. She also works with neurodiversity concerns including autism and attention difficulties, and with life changes such as adoption, ageing or bereavement.

Sessions are conducted in English and she does not take international clients. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How Paula uses therapeutic approaches in online counselling

Paula commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify personal values and take practical steps towards them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. This approach is often used for stress, anxiety, low mood and coping with change.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of relating that began in early life and how they affect current relationships and emotional responses. It can be helpful for relationship difficulties, abandonment issues, and attachment-related distress. Paula also uses Client-Centred ideas to keep sessions led by the person’s priorities and psychodynamic thinking to notice recurring themes over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula will discuss options and agree a plan based on the person’s needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust methods as the work progresses. This collaboration helps decide whether to focus on values and action, connection patterns, or deeper life themes.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the current session formats before booking as they are not specified here. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when required, and remove travel time so people can access support from different locations. Registered or accredited professionals can work effectively online using these approaches; Paula will help tailor how they are used to fit practical circumstances and therapeutic aims.

Topics Paula lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Coping with life changes
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Impulsivity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Visually impaired
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy

Questions about Paula

Does she work with anxiety and stress?

Yes. She supports people experiencing stress and anxiety using approaches such as ACT and client-centred work.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy, drawing on these to address different issues.

How much experience does she have?

She has four years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including grief, self-esteem and addictions.

Where is she based and what are her credentials?

She is based in New York and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

No, she does not currently accept international clients.

How much do sessions cost?

Costs vary with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start counselling with her?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.