Paula Spencer-Snell, NCPS

Paula Spencer-Snell is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. She aims to create a calm space where someone can talk about what feels hard and work out straightforward steps forward. Paula uses a warm, collaborative style so clients feel heard while making practical changes.

She draws on several approaches to match what each person needs. Client-Centred Therapy guides sessions around the client's priorities and pace. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps spot patterns of thinking that worsen mood and offers tools to change them. Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to notice feelings without getting overwhelmed.

Paula also incorporates psychodynamic ideas to look at repeating patterns that started earlier in life. Solution-Focused Therapy is used for short-term goals and to build on small wins. Together these methods can help with issues such as abandonment, attachment struggles, body image and caregiver stress.

The counsellor has four years' experience and holds the NCPS credential. She works with people dealing with trauma and abuse, chronic pain or illness, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose questions and midlife concerns. Sessions can include practical coping strategies as well as deeper emotional work.

Paula offers sessions in English from the United Kingdom. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs. To start, a short questionnaire and scheduling step matches people to a therapist and session times.

How Paula’s approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy places the person and their priorities at the heart of each session. The counsellor listens and follows what matters most, helping clients set the agenda and pace for their work. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and practising practical techniques to change them, which suits worries, low mood and stress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and improve how someone copes with difficult feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Paula will discuss which methods fit a person's goals and preferences and adjust the mix as work progresses. This is a collaborative process where the client helps shape the focus and the techniques used.

Online therapy offers a range of practical options. Video calls let people work face to face without travel, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief updates, written reflection and ongoing support between sessions. These formats give flexibility to fit sessions around work, family or physical health needs and make it easier to maintain continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.