Paule — Integrative Counsellor in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
At a Glance
- Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
- L4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling · BSc Psychology (Hons) · PGCE
- Individual counselling · LGBTQIA+ affirming counselling · EAP · Organisational referrals
- Integrative: Person-Centred · CBT · Transactional Analysis · Gestalt · Psychodynamic
- Sessions available in English, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu
- Specialist experience: LGBTQIA+ · Neurodivergence · Refugees · Young people 14+
- Face-to-face in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire · Online and telephone UK-wide
- Adults (18+) · Young people (14+) · Older adults · EAP clients
- £65 per session
- Daytime · Evenings · Weekends
- Free 15-minute consultation — no commitment, no pressure
Counselling in Rickmansworth — About Paule
Finding a counsellor who genuinely understands your world — your language, your cultural context, your identity — can make all the difference. For many people, the ability to speak in their first language, or to work with someone who does not need basic context explaining, is what makes therapy feel possible at all.
Paule is a qualified integrative counsellor based in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, offering face-to-face sessions locally and online and telephone counselling across the UK. She holds an L4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and is a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She also holds a BSc in Psychology (Hons) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) — qualifications that reflect many years working in educational settings with young people of diverse backgrounds and needs.
Paule offers counselling sessions in English, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu — making her one of very few counsellors in Hertfordshire and the surrounding area able to work with South Asian clients in their own language. She is LGBTQIA+ affirming, neurodivergent-affirming, and has specific experience supporting refugees navigating trauma, cultural adjustment, and rebuilding a sense of self and confidence.
Background & Experience
Paule’s route into counselling was shaped by years of work as a teacher. Her PGCE and extensive educational background gave her a deep understanding of how young people develop, what pressures they face, and how to create an environment in which someone feels genuinely safe to open up. This combination of psychological training (BSc Psychology) and practical teaching experience gives her a distinctive foundation that many counsellors do not have.
Her experience with diverse populations is wide-ranging and genuine. She has worked with young people and adults from the LGBTQIA+ community, with neurodivergent individuals including those with ADHD and ASD, and with refugees — providing a compassionate space to process the particular experiences of displacement, cultural adjustment, and the rebuilding of identity and confidence that this involves.
Her multilingual practice — offering sessions in Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu alongside English — reflects both her own background and a recognition that for many people in South Asian communities, counselling in a language other than English can feel fundamentally different and more accessible. Paule understands the cultural dimensions that shape mental health in these communities and works in a way that is genuinely informed by this understanding.
Paule maintains regular professional supervision and is committed to ongoing professional development. She works with individual clients on a private basis and also supports those referred through EAP arrangements and one-off organisational referrals.
Therapeutic Approach
Paule’s practice is person-centred at its core, drawing on four additional therapeutic frameworks according to each individual client’s needs.
Person-Centred Therapy
Person-Centred therapy places you and your experience at the heart of every session — offering unconditional positive regard, genuine empathy, and a non-judgmental presence. Paule’s person-centred foundation means you set the pace, the direction, and the depth of the work. This is particularly important in her work with young people, LGBTQIA+ clients, and those from communities where being truly heard without judgment may be a relatively unfamiliar experience. Person-Centred counselling in Rickmansworth and online.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps clients understand the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours — identifying unhelpful patterns and developing more constructive ways of responding. Paule integrates CBT tools where they are practically useful, particularly for anxiety, stress, and low mood. CBT therapist Rickmansworth and online Hertfordshire.
Transactional Analysis (TA)
TA is a framework for understanding how early experiences shape the patterns of relating, thinking, and feeling we carry into adult life. Integrated within Paule’s counselling practice, it supports clients in recognising and working with long-standing relational and behavioural patterns.
Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt therapy brings attention to present-moment awareness — what is happening right now, in the body, in the relationship, and in the room. It is particularly useful for clients who find insight-based approaches less accessible, and for those who benefit from a more experiential and embodied style of working.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Psychodynamic therapy explores how early relationships and unconscious patterns continue to shape present-day emotions, behaviours, and ways of relating. It provides depth and context alongside the more present-focused elements of Paule’s integrative approach.
Multilingual Counselling — Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu
Paule offers counselling sessions in English, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu. For clients who are more comfortable expressing themselves in one of these languages — or for whom exploring difficult emotions in English feels like an additional barrier — this can make a significant difference to what is possible in therapy.
Paule’s multilingual practice is not simply a translation service. She understands the cultural frameworks, family dynamics, community pressures, and attitudes toward mental health that are specific to South Asian communities — and works in a way that is genuinely informed by this context rather than simply linguistically adapted. Punjabi counsellor Hertfordshire · Hindi counsellor online UK · Urdu counsellor online UK.
LGBTQIA+ Affirming Counselling
Paule offers LGBTQIA+ affirming counselling as a named service — working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and questioning individuals in a space that is genuinely accepting and informed. Her LGBTQIA+ affirming practice means she does not treat any aspect of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression as something to be explored or explained — these are simply part of who you are.
Paule has significant experience supporting young people and adults from the LGBTQIA+ community, including those navigating identity, family and community relationships, discrimination, and the particular intersections that arise for LGBTQIA+ individuals from South Asian backgrounds. LGBTQIA+ affirming counsellor Rickmansworth · LGBT counselling Hertfordshire and online.
Support for Young People (14+)
Paule has extensive experience working with young people aged 14 and above, shaped by her many years as a teacher and her therapeutic training. She understands the emotional, social, and academic pressures that young people face and creates a calm, non-judgmental space where they can speak freely.
She supports young people with anxiety, academic stress, social pressure, identity concerns, family difficulties, bereavement, bullying, and the particular challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ young people and those with neurodivergent conditions including ADHD and ASD. Her teaching background gives her an authenticity with this age group that is difficult to replicate from clinical training alone. Young person counsellor Rickmansworth · teenage counselling Hertfordshire.
Refugee Support and Cultural Adjustment
Paule has experience working with refugees — providing a compassionate, culturally informed space to process the experiences of displacement, loss, and adaptation that come with leaving a homeland and rebuilding a life elsewhere. Her multilingual practice, her understanding of diverse cultural frameworks, and her direct experience in this area make her a genuinely well-placed counsellor for this community. Refugee counselling Hertfordshire and online UK.
Areas of Focus
Paule offers counselling in Rickmansworth and online and telephone counselling across the UK. The following are areas she works with regularly and has specific experience in.
Anxiety and stress
Anxiety counselling in Rickmansworth and online with Paule draws on her integrative approach and CBT training — exploring the roots of anxiety alongside developing practical tools for managing it. Social anxiety, generalised anxiety, OCD, panic attacks, health anxiety, and phobias are all areas she works with. Anxiety counsellor Rickmansworth and Hertfordshire.
Depression and low mood
Depression counselling in Rickmansworth and online with Paule — working gently and without judgment alongside people experiencing persistent low mood, loss of motivation, or emotional flatness.
Trauma and PTSD
Trauma counselling in Rickmansworth and online with Paule — including developmental trauma, relational trauma, PTSD, and the trauma associated with abuse, domestic violence, and refugee experience.
Bereavement and loss
Bereavement counselling in Rickmansworth and Hertfordshire — an unhurried, compassionate space to process grief in whatever form it takes.
Relationships and identity
Relationship counselling and identity counselling in Rickmansworth and online — including cultural identity, discrimination, interpersonal conflict, separation and divorce, and the particular identity questions that arise for LGBTQIA+ individuals and those navigating complex cultural and family dynamics.
Sessions with Paule
Paule offers face-to-face counselling in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and online and telephone counselling across the UK. Sessions are available during the day, in the evenings, and at weekends.
Sessions are available in English, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu. Paule works with adults and young people aged 14 and above, and also supports those referred through EAP arrangements and one-off organisational referrals.
Sessions are 50 minutes. Sessions are confidential. There are limited circumstances in which this may need to change — for example, if there is a serious risk of harm to you or others. Paule will explain these clearly before any work begins.
Location — Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Paule offers face-to-face counselling in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and online and telephone counselling to individuals across the UK. If you are based in or near Rickmansworth, the following gives you a sense of how long it typically takes to travel there.
| Watford | 10 mins |
| Ruislip | 15 mins |
| Uxbridge | 15 mins |
| Gerrards Cross | 15 mins |
| Harrow | 20 mins |
| Amersham | 20 mins |
| Hemel Hempstead | 20 mins |
| Chesham | 20 mins |
| St Albans | 25 mins |
| High Wycombe | 25 mins |
Journey times show how long it takes to reach Rickmansworth by the fastest available transport. Online and telephone counselling is available to anyone across the UK.
Paule’s counselling practice in Rickmansworth is particularly convenient for clients based in Watford, Harrow, and Uxbridge. For clients seeking multilingual counselling in Punjabi, Hindi, or Urdu, online sessions are available to anyone across the UK.
Fees
- Individual sessions: £65 per session
As part of Hope Therapy’s team of 90+ qualified counsellors, Paule is matched to clients where there is a strong therapeutic fit. Counselling in Rickmansworth and online with Hope Therapy starts from £65 — significantly more accessible than many comparable private practices in Hertfordshire.
Book a Free Consultation
If you are looking for a counsellor in Rickmansworth or Hertfordshire, or would like to access online counselling in English, Punjabi, Hindi, or Urdu from anywhere in the UK, a free 15-minute consultation is a good place to start. There is no commitment and no pressure.
Hope Therapy’s team is also available by phone 24 hours a day if you would prefer to speak to someone before booking.
Book your free consultation: https://calendly.com/hopetherapy/15-minute-consultation
More Info
| Qualifications | L4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (⚠ VERIFY: institution and year) BSc Psychology (Hons) (⚠ VERIFY: institution and year) Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) |
| Professional membership | Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) |
| NCPS | Hope Therapy & Counselling Services is an Organisational Member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) |
| Services | Individual counselling · LGBTQIA+ affirming counselling · EAP · Organisational referrals |
| Therapeutic approach | Person-Centred · CBT · Transactional Analysis · Gestalt · Psychodynamic |
| Languages | English · Punjabi · Hindi · Urdu |
| Session format | Face-to-face (Rickmansworth) · Online · Telephone |
| Session length | 50 minutes |
| Availability | Daytime · Evenings · Weekends |
| Fee | £65 per session |
| Venue | Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire |
| Client groups | Adults (18+) · Young people (14+) · Older adults · EAP · LGBTQIA+ · Neurodivergent · Refugees |
| Last reviewed | April 2026 |
| Booking | https://calendly.com/hopetherapy/15-minute-consultation |
Further Areas Paule Works With
- Abortion — counselling online
- Abuse counselling Rickmansworth and online
- ADHD counselling Rickmansworth and online
- Affairs and betrayals — counselling Hertfordshire
- Anger management counselling Rickmansworth and online
- Anxiety counselling Rickmansworth and Hertfordshire
- Asperger’s syndrome — counselling online
- Attachment disorder in children — counselling online
- Autism counselling Rickmansworth and online
- Behaviour problems — counselling online
- Bereavement counselling Rickmansworth and Hertfordshire
- Bullying — counselling Hertfordshire and online
- Carer support counselling online
- CBT therapist Rickmansworth and Hertfordshire
- Child-related issues counselling online
- Childhood bereavement counselling online
- Childhood bullying counselling online
- Cultural identity counselling online UK
- Depression counselling Rickmansworth and Hertfordshire
- Disabilities — counselling online
- Discrimination — counselling Hertfordshire and online
- Domestic abuse counselling Rickmansworth and online
- EAP counselling Rickmansworth and Hertfordshire
- Emotional abuse counselling online
- Family issues counselling online
- Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) counselling online
- Grief counselling Rickmansworth and online
- Health anxiety counselling online
- Hindi counsellor Hertfordshire and online UK
- Infertility counselling online
- Learning difficulties — counselling online
- LGBTQIA+ affirming counselling Rickmansworth and Hertfordshire
- Life transitions counselling Hertfordshire and online
- Loneliness counselling online
- Low self-confidence counselling online
- Low self-esteem counselling Rickmansworth and online
- Miscarriage counselling online
- Multilingual counselling UK — Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu
- Neurodivergent counselling Rickmansworth and online
- OCD counselling Rickmansworth and online
- Panic attacks counselling Rickmansworth and online
- Passive-aggressive behaviour counselling online
- Phobia counselling online
- Physical abuse counselling online
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) counselling online
- Pregnancy and birth counselling online
- Punjabi counsellor Hertfordshire and online UK
- Redundancy counselling online
- Refugee counselling Hertfordshire and online
- Relationship counselling Rickmansworth and Hertfordshire
- SAD — seasonal affective disorder counselling online
- Separation and divorce counselling online
- Separation anxiety counselling online
- Sexual abuse counselling online
- Sexuality — affirming counselling Rickmansworth
- Social anxiety counselling Rickmansworth and online
- Spirituality counselling online
- Stress counselling Rickmansworth and Hertfordshire
- Trauma counselling Rickmansworth and Hertfordshire
- Urdu counsellor online UK
- Work-related stress counselling online Hertfordshire
- Young carers — counselling online
- Young people counselling 14+ Rickmansworth and online
- Listing ID: 1038
- Type of Support: CBT Counselling, Counselling
- Types of Counselling: Young People (12 - 18), Adults (18+), LGBTQ+ Support, Neurodiversity e.g.ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia etc
- Type of Session: In Person, Online (Via Zoom & Skype), Phone
- Availability: Daytime, Evening, Weekend