Paige Whiteley, BACP

Paige Whiteley helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns and depression. She is a BACP member with more than 15 years of post-qualifying experience. Paige works in the United Kingdom and offers an approachable, practical style that aims to make therapy straightforward and useful.

She trained at Joseph Priestley College, completing a Diploma in Counselling in 2011, then gained a BSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Leeds Beckett University in 2014. She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision from UCLAN and additional post-graduate qualifications in psychosexual therapy and coaching practice. Paige records experience working in both independent and organisational counselling settings.

Paige takes an integrative approach with person-centred therapy at its core. She connects with each person’s particular needs and looks for beliefs that might be holding them back. In sessions she aims to help people notice patterns, try small changes, and build new ways of coping that fit their lives.

Her background includes several years supporting adults with trauma, loss, fertility issues, relationship distress, anxiety and depression within a mental health charity. She also has experience working with adults in organisational contexts and spent time delivering school-based one-to-one interventions and staff workshops earlier in her career.

In practice she offers one-to-one work that focuses on practical tools and talking through problems. The goal is clearer thinking, steadier mood and better ways of managing difficult situations.

How evidence-based approaches work online and in practice

Person-centred work focuses on the client’s experience and aims to create space for people to be heard and understood. This approach helps when someone needs clearer thinking, emotional focus or support making difficult decisions.

Integrative methods combine different evidence-based techniques to fit a person’s needs. That means the counsellor may draw on practical tools, talking therapy and specialist techniques to address trauma, relationship patterns or anxiety symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to agree what feels helpful, adapt methods as goals change, and check progress together so the work stays relevant.

Confirm the session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare and daily life, and it can reduce travel time. It also allows different ways of meeting to be tried, for example shorter check-ins when schedules are tight or audio-only sessions when video is difficult. Registered or accredited professionals can tailor the practical arrangements so therapy fits into everyday routines.