Work with Paula Appleton (Counsellor) - Regain Online Therapist

About me

I am credentialed in the UK with 13 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, & trauma and abuse. I work with couples to repair trust, improve communication, and strengthen their emotional intimacy with each other. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!

Specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationships
Family conflicts
Trauma, Abuse
Depression

Also experienced in:
Addictions , LGBT , Grief , Intimacy-related issues , Eating disorders , Sleeping disorders , Parenting issues , Anger management , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coping with life changes , Coaching , Compassion fatigue , ADHD , Abandonment , Adoption and foster care , Aging and geriatric issues , Antisocial personality , Attachment issues , Autism and Asperger Syndrome , Avoidant personality , Blended family issues , Body image , Cancer , Caregiver issues and stress , Chronic pain, illness, and disability , Co-morbidity , Codependency , Commitment issues , Communication problems , Control issues , Coping with natural or human-caused disaster , Dependent personality , Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) , Dissociation , Divorce and separation , Domestic violence , Drug and alcohol addiction , Eating and food-related issues , Emptiness , Family of origin issues , Family problems , Fatherhood issues , Fertility issues , First responder issues , Forgiveness , Gender dysphoria , Guilt and shame , Hearing impaired , HIV / AIDS , Hoarding , Hospice and end-of-life counseling , Immigration issues , Impulsivity , Infidelity , Intellectual disability , Isolation / loneliness , Jealousy , Life purpose , Men's issues , Midlife crisis , Veteran and Armed Forces Issues , Money and financial issues , Mood disorders , Multicultural concerns , Narcissism , Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD , Panic disorder and panic attacks , Paranoia , Personality disorders , Phobias , Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships , Postpartum depression , Post-traumatic stress , Pregnancy and childbirth , Prejudice and discrimination , Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling) , Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) , Self-harm , Self-love , Sex addiction , Sexual assault and abuse , Sexual dysfunction , Sexuality , Smoking / vaping cessation , Social anxiety and phobia , Somatization , Traumatic brain injury , Trichotillomania , Visually impaired , Women's issues , Workplace issues , Young adult issues Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Gottman Method, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Systemic Therapy

Years of Experience: 14

Services offered

Messaging
Phone
Video

Languages

English

American Sign Language

Licensing

BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #191689

NCPS Therapist - Accredited Member (MNCPS Accred) #NCS22-02588

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Paula Appleton. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Regain might be different.

Written on Mar 31, 2026 after therapy with Paula for 4 weeks on issues concerning relationship

Paula lets me speak. Hears my side. Also, she asks pertinent questions and has a great understanding of character. I most appreciate her patient and astute council. Time will demonstrate the benefit of my exchanges with Ms. Appleton!

Written on May 17, 2025 after therapy with Paula for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship

Paula is a great therapist and we really are grateful for her.

Written on Mar 24, 2025 after therapy with Paula for 2 months on issues concerning relationship

Paula has been fantastic so far, she always seems to ask the right questions at the right time and has been able to offer some very good advice. After every session I feel like there has been progress.