Paula Newman

Welcome!

You don't have to struggle alone, talking with a professional counsellor can be a great relief. Being heard with warmth and understanding is often healing. You may gain new insights, fresh ways of moving forward and confidence in your own strengths.

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Professional support

I am a Person-centred counsellor in Stanmore with over twenty years experience. I work with individuals, couples and families. As a BACP Accredited supervisor I see experienced and trainee practitioners and aim to provide a healing, supportive and empowering service.

Focusing is a gentle process that facilitates healing, deepens self-awareness and encourages self-compassion. Guided sessions and Focusing training are in North West London and online.

I am a Registered British Focusing Association teacher and mentor.

I aim to provide a healing, supportive, friendly and empowering service.

When something is hurting

Together we can work with past events and current situations that are affecting your happiness and wellbeing. Perhaps presenting as depression, anger, anxiety, stress and panic.

Couples and family counselling provides a space for you to hear each other and to work with difficulties and tensions within your Relationships.

If you are neurodivergent you can explore life's challenges and how you feel inside. You can be in touch with your strengths and how they support you. Perhaps you are close to somebody who is neurodivergent and would like to understand your relationship with them and to address difficulties.

During your sessions we can look at the emotional effects of high sensitivity, and how your needs can be understood and supported..Counselling is in Harrow / Stanmore and online.

Life Issues

Counselling can help you to reflect upon challenges and decisions and to cope emotionally. There may be changes due to physical or mental illness, divorce, children leaving home, redundancy and retirement. Perhaps you are bereaved and grieving, or experiencing problems in relationships, including estrangement and distancing between family members. You might be personally and emotionally affected by world events. Counselling in Harrow and online can also help with trauma, abuse and bullying issues.

Self-Exploration

Whilst working with issues that are important to you it is very likely that you will develop deeper understandings of yourself, your relationships and your interactions with others. This tends to be a natural and rewarding process. You may choose to look at how you identify yourself, including beliefs, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and to explore social, psychological and spiritual areas. Counselling in Harrow covers Bushy, Stanmore, and Pinner.

Supervision

Supervision helps you to meet the needs of clients and supervisees and to take good care of yourself. We explore your work and attend to personal and professional development. Together we reflect upon any concerns and dilemmas that occur. I supervise experienced therapists and trainees, supporting work in placements, schools, organisations and private practice, and helping you to prepare for BACP Accreditation.

Focusing in North West London

Perhaps you have tried pushing difficult feelings and emotions away hoping to feel better. Instead the feelings just become stronger. With Focusing we are in relationship with our feelings in an accepting and empathic way that allows them to change naturally. We recognize that our body knows and can tell us what we need for physical and emotional health, bringing deeper understandings of ourselves, our wants and our needs.

Focusing Training

The British Focusing Association Certificate in Focusing Skills is designed with the intention of gently reinforcing and furthering your development as Focuser and Companion, it encourages self-awareness and self-acceptance. You do not need to have had any experience to start. Learning in a group setting can be fun whilst also enhancing personal growth. Focusing workshops are in North West London and online.