Pauline Banks, NCPS

Pauline Banks works from an approach that centres the client and their relationships. She encourages people to use their own strengths to face anxiety, depression, grief and problems in close relationships. Pauline speaks plainly and offers a steady presence for those making the first move towards help.

She uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centred approaches to build trust and to understand how past relationships shape current patterns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps her clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try small practical changes. She also draws on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills for emotional regulation and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for trauma work.

Pauline has worked in the field for 10 years and brings that practical experience to sessions. She focuses on relationship strains, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, and life changes such as grief and career shifts. She also supports people with stress, addiction struggles, anger, self-esteem and neurodiverse issues such as autism and ADHD.

Her wider interest areas include adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, blended family issues, chronic illness, and care for ageing-related worries. She also addresses mood conditions including bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder alongside depression.

Pauline holds the NCPS credential. Sessions are offered in English and take place in the United Kingdom. For international enquiries note that she is not accepting international clients at this time.

How Pauline’s approaches translate to online therapy

Pauline commonly uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people notice how they relate to others and make different choices in close relationships. She also uses Client-Centred Therapy to make sessions focused on the person's experience, offering empathy and reflection rather than direction. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavioural changes that can reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is often a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and suggest what might help most. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time based on what works for the individual.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments around work, childcare or other commitments. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed, reduce travel time, and let people access a therapist from different parts of the country. Registered and accredited professionals adapt tools and exercises so they work well in remote sessions.