Paula Bantick-Ward, BACP

Paula Bantick-Ward offers accessible, affordable counselling designed to help individuals and couples navigate difficult periods in life. She focuses on making professional support convenient so people who are feeling overwhelmed, unfulfilled, or unable to cope can find practical ways to move forward. Paula listens carefully to each person’s experiences and helps them understand their feelings, actions, and reactions in order to build a clearer sense of direction and choice.

Working in a non-directive, person-centred way, Paula is genuine and non-judgemental and uses empathy to understand what is happening for clients. This approach encourages clients to explore their own values and conditions of worth as part of the healing process. She also integrates tailored techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and solution-focused brief therapy when these methods will support a client’s goals, and may invite creative tools such as metaphor, journaling, or creative writing to aid reflection.

Paula offers online and telephone sessions to suit different needs and schedules. She is a registered member of the BACP, the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom, and follows its ethical framework. All of her work is clinically supervised and she maintains professional insurance to practise, supporting a reliable and ethical counselling service.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Paula uses client-centred therapy to create a respectful, non-judgemental space where clients set the pace and direction of their work; this approach helps with self-exploration, self-esteem, relationship concerns, and life transitions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is also part of her practice and offers practical strategies to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop new coping skills for issues like anxiety, depression, and stress.

Attachment-based work informs how Paula explores relationship patterns, early bonds, and how they affect current intimacy and family dynamics, which can be especially useful for clients dealing with abandonment, blended family challenges, or attachment issues. She draws on these approaches collaboratively, helping clients and therapists decide together which methods best match the client's goals and preferences.

Online therapy with Paula is offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and needs. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, access support from different locations, and maintain continuity of care when in-person sessions are not possible. Licensed professionals and therapists can adapt therapeutic tools effectively in these online settings to support meaningful progress.