- Years in practice
- 14
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Verity
Verity Spencer is a BACP counsellor with fourteen years of experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and parenting concerns. She also helps those coping with grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy-related issues.
Sessions are calm and straightforward. Verity invites people to talk through what matters to them and to make choices that feel right. She keeps language plain and aims to reduce confusion so people can move forward at their own pace.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques and psychodynamic thinking. That means she pays attention to how relationships shape feelings, listens without judgement, helps spot unhelpful patterns and looks at past experiences that still affect daily life. Verity trained in psychology and worked for many years in broadcast media before moving into counselling.
That background gave her experience with people from different cultures and with varied life experiences. She is based in the United Kingdom and works with adults. Practical options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging.
Verity uses these formats to make it easier to fit therapy around family life, work and parenting responsibilities.
What Verity works with
Everything Verity lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Verity helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Verity lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit family life
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current reactions. It can help people understand patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect parenting, intimacy and trust. Client-centred therapy focuses on the person's experience and offers a non-judgemental space to speak and be heard. This approach can help when someone needs empathy, acceptance and time to make sense of their feelings.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose which methods to try based on individual goals, needs and preferences. That collaborative planning means techniques can be adjusted as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for busy households. Video calls let people have a longer, face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when a shorter check-in fits better into a work break. Live chat and text messaging provide a flexible way to reflect between sessions or to use therapy without being on camera. These options make it simpler to fit counselling around parenting, work and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Verity
What concerns does Verity support?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, parenting worries, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, trauma and other life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
Verity uses a calm, conversational style that focuses on listening and practical steps. She combines talking about past experiences with tools to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour.
How much experience does she have?
She has fourteen years of experience working in counselling and psychological support roles in the UK and abroad.
What credentials and region are indicated?
She is listed as BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy is available by video call, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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