Paula Kane, BACP

Paula Kane works with people who are tired of having to be strong all the time, doubting themselves, or repeating painful relationship patterns. She supports individuals carrying the long-term effects of childhood trauma or past abuse who find themselves continually putting others first, struggling to trust, or feeling disconnected from their own needs and identity. Paula aims to help clients feel safer in their bodies, set boundaries without guilt, rebuild confidence, and reclaim greater control over their lives and relationships.

She specialises in childhood sexual abuse, domestic and sexual abuse, and harmful relationship dynamics, and draws on a trauma-informed, relational approach to guide recovery. Her practice blends client-centred empathy with mind-body awareness and psychoeducation so clients can understand common trauma responses - for example people-pleasing, shutdown, overthinking, or hypervigilance - and begin to change them with self-compassion. Work also focuses on attachment patterns, boundary and self-worth development, and practical tools to regulate emotions.

Paula offers a gentle, collaborative style that invites people to share their stories at their own pace, make sense of recurring patterns, reduce shame and self-blame, and build healthier connections. She supports issues including anxiety, depression, trust and abandonment fears, co-dependency, intimacy and relationship concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting and caregiver stress, anger, career strain, and coping with life changes. Clients often say that therapy with her feels like finally being understood and having someone in their corner to bear witness to what they have experienced.

She holds the BACP credential, which is the designation of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.