About Paula
Paula Spencer-Snell is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem and depression. She works with clients who are coping with life changes and relationship difficulties. Paula aims to make therapy straightforward and useful, offering a calm space to talk and find practical steps forward.
Paula draws on several ways of working to meet individual needs. She uses Somatic Therapy to help people notice and work with how stress and trauma show up in the body.
Background and approach
She also offers Client-Centred work that focuses on the person's own goals, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going. With four years' experience and the NCPS credential, Paula blends talking and practical tools. Sessions can include grounding exercises, gentle exploration of past experiences, and strategies to manage overwhelming thoughts.
The aim is to build skills people can use between sessions. She supports people dealing with abandonment and attachment issues, body image concerns, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, midlife questions and financial worries. Paula also works with issues such as guilt, shame, isolation and difficulties linked to narcissism.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Therapy is arranged through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time, and clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling sessions.
How Paula blends somatic and talking therapies online
Paula uses Somatic Therapy to help people notice bodily sensations linked to stress and trauma and learn simple ways to regulate those reactions. She also offers Client-Centred work that keeps each session focused on the person's priorities and pace, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small, practical changes.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Paula works collaboratively with clients to choose methods that match their needs, goals and comfort level. She adjusts pace and techniques as trust builds, so the plan can change over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy lets people access these approaches from home through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging. That flexibility makes it easier to fit therapy around work, family and health limits, and to try different session formats until a good fit is found.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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