Paula Ciocirlau, BACP

Paula Ciocirlau is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and major life changes. She supports those dealing with relationship and parenting concerns, grief, addictions, chronic illness and other challenges. Paula works in English and Romanian and practises from the United Kingdom. Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Paula uses Client-Centred Therapy to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. She brings Solution-Focused ideas to help set clear, practical goals and notice small changes. Internal Family Systems ideas are used when people want to understand different parts of themselves and how those parts interact. Paula trained and began practising in 2016 in Vienna, Austria. Her experience over eight years includes supporting people from varied cultural backgrounds. She holds BACP registration, which is shown here exactly as supplied. In sessions she aims for a calm, respectful tone and helps people set achievable steps. Conversations focus on real-life problems like sleep, eating, work pressures, parenting strain, intimacy difficulties or coping after loss. Practical coping skills and small experiments are commonly used alongside deeper talk about feelings and past experiences. People who choose Paula often want clear goals and warm professional support while they try different ways to manage daily life. To start, readers should follow the site process and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

How Paula's approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy is about listening and following what matters most to the person. Online sessions using this approach focus on allowing people to steer the conversation and feel understood while they set their own pace. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasises small, practical steps toward clear goals. In remote sessions this can mean setting simple tasks between meetings and checking progress in short, direct ways that fit everyday life. Internal Family Systems helps people notice different inner parts and how they relate. When used online, it often involves gentle guided reflection and naming parts to make sense of internal conflicts and emotional reactions. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Paula will collaborate with each person to select methods that suit their needs, goals and preferences. This is an open process and can change as a person learns what helps them most. Please confirm which session options are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Consider practical factors like having a quiet moment, shorter breaks from work, or not needing to commute when deciding if online meetings suit your routine.