Pauline Banks

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• CBT and DBT methods
• EMDR supported work

About Pauline

Pauline Banks helps people work on relationships, family and parenting concerns, and recovering from trauma and abuse using approaches that foreground the client's experience. She is registered with the NCPS (National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society) and has ten years' professional experience in the UK.

She uses Attachment-Based, Client-Centred, Cognitive Behavioural and Dialectical Behaviour approaches alongside EMDR and solution-focused thinking. In sessions she encourages people to speak about what matters to them and to try practical ways of coping between meetings. The emphasis is on clear steps and on building day-to-day skills people can use at home.

Pauline has worked with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression and bipolar mood problems, addictions and grief. She also supports people dealing with intimacy issues, self-esteem, anger and eating concerns. Additional areas she has focused on include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, chronic illness and cancer-related distress.

Her practice includes work around communication problems, commitment and codependency, and neurodiversity topics such as autism and Asperger syndrome. She also offers help with parenting strain, coping with life changes and compassion fatigue for those in caring roles.

People can expect short, plain exchanges and practical tasks as part of sessions. Pauline aims to work collaboratively to identify small changes that make everyday life more manageable.

How these therapeutic approaches work in online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of relating and how early connections affect current relationships; it can help when people want to understand repeated relationship difficulties. Client-Centred work focuses on listening and on the client's own priorities, giving space for people to set the pace and topics of sessions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and introduces practical exercises to change them, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and will suggest which methods to use. Decisions about techniques and exercises are made together so the plan fits what the person wants to achieve.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow brief check-ins when a full in-person meeting is hard to arrange. Some formats need less bandwidth or do not require being on camera, which can help on quieter days or during short breaks at work. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists commonly use these practical benefits to make therapy more manageable alongside everyday life.

Topics Pauline lists

• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Parenting issues
• Coping with life changes
• Stress and 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 and 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 addictions
• 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

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Solution-Focused Therapy

Questions about Pauline

Does she work with relationship problems?

Yes. She helps people address relationship and intimacy-related issues and communication problems.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred methods, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and EMDR alongside solution-focused techniques.

How much experience does she have?

She has ten years' professional experience working with a range of mental health and relationship concerns in the UK.

What are her credentials and where does she practise?

She is registered with the NCPS (National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society) and practises in the United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

She does not accept international clients at present.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start therapy with her?

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