I am Paulo Karat, a BACP registered and accredited therapist and therapeutic coach, BAMBA registered mindfulness teacher and Oxford Mindfulness member. I’m a former corporate / commercial solicitor and work part-time as a university academic where my research focus is lawyer mental health and wellbeing.
In 2016, I had a work-based, stress-induced nervous breakdown. It was frightening, confusing and happened very quickly. With a background in performance coaching for professionals, I had no mental health history before this (many thought I was ‘the last person they expected’ to have a breakdown).
In January, I was busy growing a software business and skills training company in the legal sector. By May, I was in a hospital psychiatric ward following a build up of stress that turned into chronic anxiety, panic attacks and severe depression that lasted 2 years.
My gradual recovery was nurtured through talking therapy, mindfulness practice and the love of family and friends. It has been underpinned since then by an ever increasing awareness of my default tendencies, the edges of my physical and mental limits and how to maintain balance whilst remaining ambitious (learning to let go and pull back when I need to).
Life can be hard. I offer no silver bullets or magic wands. Instead, I will create a safe, structured space for you to explore your own reality, re-wire old habits and acquire new insights and capacities to respond differently to difficulty. I can offer a range of practical approaches that can help you stay grounded and shift your perspective.
I’m a qualified and accredited talking therapist registered with the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP). As well as talking therapy, I’m also registered with the British Association for Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA) as a mindfulness teacher and a member of Oxford Mindfulness.
I am a qualified coach with a background in performance coaching for executives and business. Sometimes, a coaching (or ‘therapeutic coaching’) approach can be more appropriate than therapy to remove barriers to personal growth.
I also work part-time as an academic at Nottingham Law School where my research interests focus on lawyer stress and burnout.
Specialist support for high-demand professionals, executives, and individuals managing chronic workplace pressure.
I have significant experience, including lived experience, of working through the causes of anxiety and depression.
Compassionate, grounded guidance to process grief, navigate loss, and find stability in difficult times.
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