Paolo De Luca, BACP

Paolo De Luca is a psychodynamic psychotherapist who offers individual therapy for adults across the lifespan. He creates a supportive, non-judgmental space where people can speak openly about current concerns and explore deeper patterns that may be influencing their lives. Paolo works with a wide range of difficulties, including low self-esteem, anxiety and depression, loss and bereavement, relationship and family problems, traumatic experiences, life-stage crises, panic attacks, sexual abuse, personality difficulties, and issues connected to sexuality and intimacy.

Throughout therapy, Paolo helps clients bring into awareness themes that may be partly unconscious, listening carefully and guiding exploration of thoughts, feelings and relational patterns. His aim is to support people to make meaningful changes, build self-confidence and develop healthier ways of living. He offers open-ended psychotherapy when appropriate and tailors the pace and focus of work to each person’s needs.

Paolo works in both English and Italian and practices in the United Kingdom. He holds BACP accreditation - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and makes time during an initial consultation to discuss whether in-person or online sessions are the best fit for the client’s needs.

Psychodynamic and Client-Centered Care Online

Paolo draws on psychodynamic and client-centered approaches to support people in making sense of difficult feelings and relationships. Psychodynamic therapy explores underlying patterns, past experiences and relational dynamics to help people understand recurring difficulties and how they affect current life. This approach can be helpful for issues such as trauma, relationship problems, personality difficulties and long-standing emotional patterns.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the therapeutic relationship itself, offering an empathetic, non-judgmental space where the client’s own goals and pace guide the work. It is particularly useful for building self-esteem, processing life changes and clarifying personal values and choices.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Paolo will work with each person to identify which methods or combination of methods best match their needs, goals and preferences, and will review progress together as therapy continues.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers flexibility for people with busy schedules, mobility limits or who live far from in-person services. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact, access therapy from different locations and choose the format that feels most comfortable for each session.