About Me

I am a BACP-accredited integrative counsellor with over 10,000 clinical hours supporting adults and young people across the NHS, private practice, the voluntary sector and education.

My career began in the NHS as a hearing therapist, where I spent over a decade helping adults and adolescents adjust emotionally to head trauma, sudden hearing loss and cochlear implant surgery.

I later spent 6 years counselling adults and adolescents at a counselling charity, while building my private practice and beginning my work in schools and universities. Over the following 13 years, the bulk of my work was in a large comprehensive secondary school in Gloucestershire followed by leading the counselling service I established at a private boarding school.

Across this 24-year career, I’ve had a range of rich and complex experiences – from supporting clients with histories of abuse, trauma, depression, addiction and grief; working with clients through their gender transition; supporting families and parents to understand neurodivergence to being a group mental health educator in schools. I have experience establishing peer mentoring schemes and have done extensive public speaking to teachers and students.

Training and Accreditations

I hold a post graduate advanced diploma in Hearing Therapy from the University of Bristol, a diploma in integrative therapeutic counselling from CPCAB, a certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy skills from University of the West of England, am an accredited EFT Practitioner (Emotional Freedom Technique, or tapping), and have undertaken training in ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) and DDP (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy).

I commit to ongoing professional development and training.

I am insured with Holistic Insurance Services and have regular supervision, as required by BACP.

I am registered with the ICO (Information Commissioners Office) which means I comply with the required standards for record keeping and GDPR.

I am an Accredited member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).

‘accreditation aims to recognise the achievement of high standards of knowledge, skills, experience and development in counselling and psychotherapy. It is the mark of a high quality professional practitioner. It demonstrates that you’ve achieved a recognised standard of professional excellence and ethical practice’ (BACP website).

  • "Gunna miss you dude. Thank you for encouraging me to grow and thank you for never giving up on me even when I had given up on myself. Thank you for being my safe person. I don’t know how to explain how grateful I am to have had you in my life. I feel so unbelievably blessed. Thank you for helping me see that not all adults are mean and shouty. You’re definitely one of my favourite adults (if not the favourite). Thank you for everything, you’re incredible. I’m glad you exist."

  • "Counselling with you is honestly the best thing I’ve ever made myself do. A real life changer. I dread to think what would have happened had I not plucked up the courage to attend counselling. I am so much happier now."

  • “On reflection I feel like I must have been suffocating. So I wanted to say thank you for giving me the space to breathe again and find the ability to uncoil and soften. I am so grateful, as are my family“

  • "I cannot begin to thank you enough for everything you have done for me. You have had such a massive impact on my life, and in turn of course, that of the family. I am completely indebted to you. Thank you so much Amanda. "

  • "I am so happy we took the time to engage your services as I think it’s had a lasting positive impact on our family. Enabling * to spend that time with you and the feedback you gave us at the time has been invaluable to her mental health (and ours). Best thing we ever did!

  • "I have loved our sessions and have found them hugely beneficial in understanding how * thinks and works, my relationship has improved with her no end. I would never have thought that even little changes each week would have such immediate improvements. I have found it massively rewarding and fascinating, even though some things seem so obvious when explained."