ABOUT

ONLINE THERAPIST
For Couples

Clients comment on my warm and straight-forward manner, but I am also very practical. Our work will be grounded in what is going to make a difference to your relationship, right now.

 

 

We also may look at issues from the past, including trauma, if these are impacting you today. If so, I use a gentle and effective technique called Rewind. This reduces the intensity of emotion around any upsetting memories.

 

 

Before becoming a therapist, I ran a PR and marketing company, and I’m also a business psychologist. As a result, I’m solution focused. This suits people who don’t want to be in therapy for months or even years.

 

 

I see clients online, and in person in Hythe and Folkestone, Kent.

 

 

Although I mainly work with couples, I do also see individuals and you can read about some of the issues I work with here. Book a chat with me to see if we are a good fit to work together.

 

I also have a practice focused on business owners and their mental health, which you can find at Scarlet Thinking.

 

Background 

 
  • I have a diploma in Psychotherapy with The Human Givens, a Masters in Business Psychology from the University of East London, and a diploma in Transformational Coaching with the ICF accredited Animas School of Coaching
  • Since qualifying, I have completed further training in working with couples, ADHD, baby loss, teenagers and addictions
  • I appear monthly on Folkestone FM, discussing mental health
  • For the past 18 months  I have also worked with PTSD Resolution, a mental health charity offering therapy to veterans of the UK armed forces who suffer from post-traumatic stress
  • I offer mental health workshops for the workplace, and also deliver online trainings for Mind (South East and Central Essex) and The Burnt Chef.
  • Writing is a passion of mine. I am the author of The Career Pause and Pivot, Get Noticed and Do Your Own PR, and have been published in The Guardian, The Telgraph, HR Zone, and Psychologies magazine, among others.
  • Also qualified to deliver Saville Wave, Disc and Risk Compass Profiling.
 
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Paula, psychotherapist and couples counsellor in Folkestone
Paula Gardner Human Givens counsellor

THE HUMAN GIVENS

The Human Givens has received very positive feedback from a study working within the NHS, and has also been adopted by Suffolk Mind. It is accredited by the PSA, the same body that governs the UKCP and BACP. I have an enhanced DBS, work with a supervisor and complete regular CPD.

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working together

I offer face to face therapy sessions in Hythe and Folkestone, Kent, as well as online therapy.  Prices are £85 per session, £120 for couples. 

 

I also offer online sessions, and mental health and well-being workshops for corporates, small businesses, schools and Universities.