Paula Ciocirlau
Practical psychotherapy with a collaborative focus
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About Paula
Paula Ciocirlau offers practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and life transitions. She speaks English and Romanian and aims to make conversations feel simple and clear. Paula's approach centres on understanding each person's situation and goals, then choosing steps that fit real life.
Paula uses methods that keep the client at the centre of change. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person and on small, manageable steps.
Background and approach
She helps people identify strengths, test new ways of coping, and track progress so change feels real and steady. Her psychotherapy path began in 2016 in Vienna, Austria, and spans eight years of practice. That international experience shaped how she notices cultural differences and adapts her way of working to different backgrounds.
Paula holds BACP status, which is recorded here as BACP. In sessions she listens closely and adjusts the pace to each person. Conversations can cover relationships, parenting, career worries, grief, trauma, addictions, sleep and eating issues, anger, self-esteem and related concerns.
Additional focuses include attachment difficulties, adoption and foster care issues, chronic illness and caregiver strain. People can expect a collaborative style where goals are agreed together. The emphasis is on clear, realistic steps rather than jargon.
To start, the site questionnaire is used to match needs and then scheduling follows the therapist's availability.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 8
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 387673
- Languages
- English, Romanian
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Paula's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Paula works with
Everything Paula lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Paula lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Paula works online
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped before, then suggest which methods might fit best. Clients and the therapist decide together and adjust the plan as needed.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people choose quieter surroundings, switch off video if that helps, or schedule a session during a work break so therapy fits daily life.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Paula address?
The therapist helps people with stress, anxiety, depression and life changes, along with relationship and parenting strains. Other concerns noted include trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, sleep and eating difficulties, anger and self-esteem.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Paula blends client-centred listening with solution-focused steps and internal systems ideas. The focus is on practical changes agreed together rather than lengthy theory.
What background and experience does she have?
She began her psychotherapy path in 2016 in Vienna and has eight years of experience. Her international work has influenced how she adapts to different cultural perspectives.
What credentials and location are listed?
Paula's recorded credential is BACP and her practice is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Romanian, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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