Pauline Banks, NCPS

Pauline Banks is a counsellor with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) and ten years of experience supporting people through hard moments. She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She lets clients set the pace and uses clear tools to help with relationship or personal issues.

She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. She also uses client-centred work to build a respectful space where people can talk and be heard. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques are used when thinking and behaviour patterns need changing, and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing may be included for trauma-related work.

Pauline supports people facing relationship strain, jealousy, parenting stresses, grief, addiction concerns and mood challenges such as depression and bipolar. She also works with stress, anxiety, anger, self-esteem and career-related worries. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, autism and long-term health challenges.

Her practical style focuses on helping people find clearer choices. Sessions aim to identify small changes that make daily life easier. She encourages active steps alongside reflective conversation.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to her availability. Costs vary with location and a subscription model is used that can be cancelled at any time.

How Pauline uses therapeutic approaches online

Pauline often uses attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships affect current patterns of relating. This approach helps people notice repeating dynamics and try different ways of connecting that feel safer and more satisfying.

She also works in a client-centred way which means she follows the person’s lead and focuses on listening, empathy and respect. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used when people want practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, such as when anxiety, low mood or jealousy are getting in the way.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Pauline discusses options with each person and adjusts methods to fit their goals, needs and pace. She aims to explain why a technique might help and to try approaches together so clients know what feels useful.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use methods like CBT exercises or attachment-focused conversation from wherever they are, which helps keep progress flowing between sessions.