Paula Bailey
Highly Specialist Clinical Practitioner
MSc Systemic Family, MSc Management Development, Consultant Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
With over 30 years of experience in the mental health sector, Paula is an experienced and dedicated Family & Systemic Psychotherapist specialising in trauma-informed, systemic approaches. As a registered nurse, nurse educator, and higher education programme leader, her career has spanned extensive roles within NHS Child & Adolescent, Adult community services, eating disorder services, and Early Intervention Psychosis services.
Paula’s experience led her into academia for 21 years alongside NHS practice and in setting up her own private psychotherapy practice, where she has provided psychotherapeutic support for individuals, couples, children, young people, and families across all age groups. Paula spent 5 years leading Clinical Governance Projects for an NHS Trust, clinically supervising both individuals and multidisciplinary teams, and contributed to national policy development.
Paula is passionately focused on providing trauma-informed, compassion-focused systemic psychotherapy to all individuals and families who have experienced trauma, oppression, subjugation, and marginalisation. She aims to support and enable individuals and families to reach their full potential.
