Paula McKee, BACP

Paula McKee is a compassionate UK-accredited counsellor and clinical supervisor with more than 14 years of client-facing experience across education, bereavement services, agency placements and private practice. She has extensive experience working with challenging family dynamics and relationship issues, and with attachment styles that present from childhood into adulthood. Paula supports people dealing with anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, loss and separation, and she brings an informed understanding of neurodiversity to her therapeutic work.

Known as an empathic practitioner, Paula is highly sensitive to difference and diversity, having worked across many inner and outer London education services. She also speaks from lived experience about the challenges of leaving the country of one’s birth, which informs her awareness of the complex transitions that migration can bring. As a trauma-informed practitioner she offers a safe, non-judgemental and attentive space to explore and process early traumatic experiences.

Paula utilises both reflective and goal-focused methods, including solution-focused techniques to help clients set practical goals and draw on their own resources. She is a member of BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which denotes professional membership with the national counselling body in the UK. The therapeutic alliance she offers is paced to the individual, aimed at developing insight and awareness that can support meaningful change. Paula generally offers sessions on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and during evenings; clients are invited to check her schedule for current availability.

Approach-focused online therapy and practical support

Paula draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships influence current patterns and emotional responses, helping clients who struggle with connection, abandonment concerns or recurring relationship difficulties. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, offering empathic listening and acceptance to help people build self-understanding and self-worth at their own pace. Solution-Focused Therapy is employed to set clear, achievable goals and to mobilise a client’s existing strengths when addressing immediate problems such as stress, anxiety or life transitions.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself. Paula collaborates with each person to identify which methods feel most helpful based on their needs, goals and preferences, and adjusts the focus as progress unfolds. This collaborative stance supports tailored care rather than a one-size-fits-all formula.

Online therapy with Paula is available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and for those who prefer remote sessions. These options make it easier to access consistent support from registered professionals without travelling, while still enabling meaningful therapeutic progress through regular, focused sessions.