Paula Spencer-Snell

Paula Spencer-Snell is a counsellor registered with NCPS and has four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and difficulties coping with life changes. Paula also supports those exploring relationship issues and questions about life purpose.

Paula uses straightforward, practical conversations to help clarify problems and next steps. She draws on client-centred work to listen and reflect what matters to each person. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used when unhelpful thoughts and behaviours need to be identified and shifted.

Sessions may also include mindfulness practices to reduce overwhelm and ways of noticing physical sensations when emotion is intense. Paula blends psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused techniques to look at repeating patterns and to set small, concrete goals. The aim is to create manageable steps rather than quick fixes.

People often bring long-standing issues such as attachment or abandonment wounds, chronic illness or pain, guilt and shame, or struggles with money and midlife change. Paula will talk through what matters most and agree practical things to try between sessions.

Her way of working is collaborative and straightforward. New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the client. It helps people who need a steady, respectful space to talk through doubts and feelings about life direction. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and offers practical exercises to change them. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood and when small changes can have a big impact. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelm and increase present-moment focus; it can help when stress or rumination feels constant.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences and the issues they bring. That may mean combining listening-based work with short CBT exercises and mindfulness practices over several sessions.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking as the profile does not specify them. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter or more frequent check-ins, or remove travel time. Choosing online sessions can help keep continuity during life changes and make regular appointments simpler to arrange.