About Paula
Paula Spencer-Snell is a counsellor (NCPS) who helps people manage stress, anxiety and the upheaval that follows trauma. She focuses on everyday problems like low confidence, depression, loneliness and relationship strain. Paula uses straightforward, practical methods so conversations feel useful from the first session.
Paula works in a gentle, collaborative way. Sessions aim to identify what is most troubling and build simple, manageable steps forward. She blends talking therapy with techniques to change unhelpful thinking and to calm the body when anxiety runs high.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with people navigating major life changes such as separation, caregiving strain and midlife shifts. She also supports clients dealing with long-term pain or illness, financial stress, and issues tied to attachment and abandonment. Paula draws on different approaches to match each person's needs rather than following a single formula.
In sessions she helps people notice patterns, try small experiments and build coping tools that fit their daily life. This can include mindfulness exercises, thought-challenging and short-term problem-solving. Paula explains options clearly so people can choose what feels right for them.
Paula practises from the United Kingdom and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. She works in English and does not take international clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and book according to her availability.
How Paula blends talking therapy with online delivery
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and working at the client's pace. It helps when someone needs an open space to make sense of feelings and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect emotions and actions and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy uses simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve focus.Finding the right approach is part of the work Paula does with each person. She discusses options in early sessions and chooses methods together based on the individual's goals, needs and what feels most helpful. That means plans can change as people try techniques and notice what helps.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video lets for face-to-face conversation, phone can be a good lower-bandwidth option, live chat works for shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These choices give flexibility and make it simpler to keep therapy consistent alongside work, family or health commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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