Paula Spencer-Snell, NCPS

Paula Spencer-Snell is a counsellor registered with NCPS and has four years' experience. She works in the United Kingdom and helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self‑esteem, depression, life changes and relationship concerns.

Paula offers straightforward talking therapy. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on practical steps people can try between meetings. She uses a mix of approaches, including client‑centred work, cognitive behavioural methods, mindfulness, psychodynamic ideas and solution‑focused techniques.

In a typical session Paula listens to what feels most pressing. She helps people name patterns, think about small changes and notice how thoughts and behaviours connect. Where useful she brings brief exercises and mindfulness practices into the work so people can practise coping skills outside sessions.

Paula has experience supporting people with complex feelings tied to abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image, caregiving stress, chronic pain or illness, control issues, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, isolation and questions about life purpose. She also works with financial worries, mood problems and concerns about narcissistic relationships.

Her way of working is collaborative. She and the client agree goals and review progress. Paula encourages clear, simple steps and reflection rather than academic language. People looking for practical conversation about real problems often find this approach helpful.

Therapeutic approaches and online counselling