- Client-centred approach
- Cognitive behavioural techniques
- Mindfulness methods
About Paula
Paula Spencer-Snell is an NCPS counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, relationship difficulties and life changes. Paula also lists concerns such as guilt and shame among the issues she helps people address.
Paula uses a collaborative style in sessions. She listens to what matters to each person and helps them talk through feelings and reactions. She draws on approaches that include client-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural techniques, mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas to make sense of patterns that keep repeating.
Practical tools feature in her work. That might be short exercises to try between sessions, ways of noticing unhelpful thoughts, or simple grounding methods for anxiety. The focus is on manageable steps that fit into everyday life rather than long theoretical explanations.
When people bring feelings of guilt or shame, Paula helps them untangle where those feelings started and how they affect current choices. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes that often lie under shame, and she can look at how past hurts shape present relationships.
Paula describes therapy as a shared process of deciding what to try and reviewing what helps. Fees vary by location and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients are invited to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.
How Paula's approaches translate to online therapy
Paula uses client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques in her practice. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, reflecting and helping people clarify their own goals; it suits those who need space to make sense of feelings. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at thoughts and behaviours that keep a problem going and uses practical exercises to change patterns and improve mood.Finding the best approach is part of the work. Paula will discuss options with each person and agree together which methods to try based on the person's needs and preferences. That collaborative decision is reviewed over time to see what helps and what needs adjusting.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also make it simpler to continue therapy through life changes while testing coping strategies in everyday settings.
Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, relationship issues and coping with life changes. Guilt and shame are listed among her additional focus areas.
How does she approach guilt and shame?
She helps people trace where guilt or shame started and how it affects current behaviour. Work may include talking through attachment patterns and practical steps to reduce overwhelming reactions.
What is her professional background?
She has four years of professional experience as a counsellor and holds the NCPS credential as supplied.
Where is she based and how is she registered?
She practises in the United Kingdom and the supplied professional designation is NCPS.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start sessions?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.