- Years in practice
- 10
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Pauline
Pauline Banks is a counsellor who draws on ten years of professional experience to support people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges and the effects of trauma. She holds NCPS and works from a person-focused stance that respects each person's story. Pauline aims to make first steps into therapy feel manageable and straightforward.
She prefers a practical, collaborative way of working. Sessions focus on what matters now and on building skills that help day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Pauline often combines attachment-focused ideas with cognitive and behavioural techniques to help people understand patterns and try new responses. Her background includes work with stress, anxiety, grief and addictions as well as long-term mood conditions such as bipolar and depression. She also supports people with concerns about intimacy, self-esteem, anger, and career pressures.
Additional interests include adoption and foster care, aging issues, attachment concerns and neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome. Pauline uses EMDR, dialectical techniques and solution-focused strategies where they might help a person move forward. She focuses on practical steps and clear goals so progress can be reviewed together.
The aim is to build on strengths and increase everyday coping. Sessions are offered in English and are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. To begin a match, people use the Start Therapy button, complete a short questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.
What Pauline works with
Everything Pauline lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Pauline helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Pauline lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How attachment and CBT principles work online
Pauline often draws on attachment-based ideas to help people understand how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach looks at connection, trust and how people react in close relationships, which can be useful for parenting concerns and intimacy-related issues.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviours to change how someone feels. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, and can help with anxiety, stress, low mood and some behavioural patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process and plans are reviewed as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is needed. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins or when writing helps someone think things through. These options make it possible to arrange therapy around work, childcare and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Pauline
What concerns does Pauline commonly address?
She supports people with relationship and family worries, parenting issues, trauma and abuse, stress and anxiety. Other areas include grief, addictions, self-esteem, anger and mood conditions such as bipolar and depression.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, blending attachment-based thinking with client-centred conversation and cognitive behavioural techniques to identify patterns and try new ways of coping.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
Pauline has ten years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns related to relationships, parenting, trauma and long-term mood issues.
Where is Pauline based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and holds NCPS as a listed credential.
Which languages can sessions be conducted in?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and therapy uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Start by clicking the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then book sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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