Paige Whiteley, BACP

Paige Whiteley is a BACP-registered counsellor with 15 years of post-qualifying experience in private and organisational settings. She lists stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns and depression among her main areas of practice.

She works in an integrative way, using person-centred practice as a foundation. That means sessions begin by listening and helping people make sense of what is getting in the way. From there she uses approaches that suit each person to look at limiting beliefs and unhelpful patterns.

Paige completed a Diploma in Counselling at Joseph Priestley College and a BSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Leeds Beckett University. She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision from UCLan, a post-grad certificate in psychosexual therapy, and additional qualifications described in her biography.

Much of her career has involved work with adults affected by trauma and complex life events. She spent a number of years delivering therapeutic support within an organisational setting and workshops in school contexts, and she also worked for a mental health charity providing trauma-focused support to adults.

In practice she aims to build a straightforward working relationship. Sessions typically focus on what is most pressing - for example anxiety or relationship strain - and then use practical discussion and techniques to test different ways of thinking and behaving. People often come for help with life transitions, family-related stresses, grief, fertility issues and chronic health problems.

Therapeutic approaches and remote working