Verity Spencer, BACP

Verity Spencer is a BACP-accredited integrative psychotherapist with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from London, practising near Virginia Water in Surrey. With over fourteen years of experience working with teenagers and adults, she brings a broad clinical background that includes roles in a boarding school and a psychological support service for young people in Bracknell, Berkshire.

She offers dependable, calm, and personal psychological support designed to help people explore their feelings, gain clearer perspectives, and make informed choices. Her work aims to reduce confusion, support effective coping with challenges, and enable positive change when clients are ready to take that step.

Her integrative training blends person-centred, psychodynamic, and cognitive behavioural approaches so that therapy can be tailored to each person's needs. She supports people with a range of concerns, including PTSD and CPTSD, relationship difficulties, depression, anxiety, stress, bereavement and loss, loneliness, and low self-esteem.

Verity maintains an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared, and she pays careful attention to each client's perspective. Prior work as a news broadcaster in the UK and abroad gave her extensive experience working with diverse groups, and she has attracted clients from various cultures who have said they found her understanding of religious and cultural differences helpful. She recognises that starting therapy can take courage and commits to treating each person with respect and care.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Client-centred therapy focuses on creating a respectful, empathic space where the client’s own priorities and insights guide the work. This approach helps people who want a collaborative, non-directive process to explore identity, self-esteem, relationships, and life direction.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers practical tools to identify and shift patterns of thinking and behaviour that contribute to anxiety, depression, stress, and sleep difficulties. CBT is often helpful for people who want structured strategies to manage symptoms and build new coping skills.

Psychodynamic therapy explores patterns and emotional experiences rooted in past relationships and life events, helping clients understand recurring difficulties such as attachment issues, grief, or relationship conflicts.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey and Verity Spencer works collaboratively with each person to find the best fit based on needs, goals, and preferences. She draws on her integrative training to combine methods when that will better support a client’s progress.

Online therapy with Verity is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and access therapy from different locations within the United Kingdom. These options provide flexibility in how people engage with registered professionals and can help maintain continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible.