Counsellor profile
Pauline Banks, NCPS
United Kingdom
Counsellor - Relationships and Trauma
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- Credentials
- NCPS
- Registration
- NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS23-01335
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment-based therapy
- CBT and DBT techniques
- Trauma-informed EMDR work
About Pauline
Pauline Banks is a counsellor registered as NCPS in the United Kingdom with 10 years of professional experience. She works with people facing relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges. Pauline also supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, addictions and codependency concerns.
Her style treats the client as the expert on their own life. She listens first, then helps people name what feels hard. Sessions are practical and direct. Goals are set together and checked as work progresses.
Pauline uses a mix of approaches to suit different problems. She draws on attachment-based thinking to look at patterns in close relationships. Cognitive behavioural techniques help with anxious or depressive thinking. She also uses elements of DBT and EMDR where these fit the person and their goals.
In sessions she focuses on skills you can use between meetings. That might mean practising new ways to set boundaries, testing out different responses in difficult interactions, or working on distress-management techniques. When trauma is part of the picture she moves carefully and follows the person's pace.
People come for short-term work and longer support. Pauline explains options and helps people choose what makes sense for them. She asks about practical barriers and plans around those so people can keep attending and making steady progress.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Pauline commonly uses attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioural therapy in her work. Attachment-based approaches look at repeating patterns in close relationships and help people understand why they respond the way they do. Cognitive behavioural therapy teaches practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and is useful for anxiety, low mood and relationship-related thinking.She also uses elements of EMDR when trauma processing is appropriate. EMDR is a structured method for working with distressing memories in a paced way. It is used alongside stabilisation strategies so people have skills to manage strong emotions as they arise.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and Pauline treats that as a collaborative process. She will discuss goals and preferences, try methods in session, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients are involved in choosing whether to focus on skills, trauma processing or relationship patterns.
If you plan to try online sessions, please confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Practical benefits include being able to schedule sessions around childcare or work and choosing formats that suit attention, camera use or bandwidth needs.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship problems, family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and codependency among other areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach treats the client as the expert and combines attachment-based thinking with client-centred listening and practical CBT and DBT techniques.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered as NCPS and works from the United Kingdom.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients book sessions with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.