About Amanda
Amanda Thomson is a counsellor with four years of professional experience based in the United Kingdom. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or depression. Amanda also supports those facing relationship and family concerns and people navigating LGBT matters or trauma-related issues.
Amanda uses a flexible approach that she adapts to each person's needs. She tailors conversations and the plan for therapy to match what matters most to the individual.
Background and approach
The aim is to build understanding, find helpful ways of coping, and work towards clear goals. Sessions focus on practical steps as well as talking through feelings. People often come for help with sleep problems, anger, intimacy, career stress or attention difficulties such as ADHD.
Amanda also works with a wide range of other concerns including chronic illness, body image, attachment and dissociation. She creates a warm, accepting space and moves at a pace that suits the client. Amanda describes her manner as respectful and compassionate, and she emphasises collaboration when setting goals and choices in therapy.
If you are unsure what to expect, Amanda encourages a first conversation to see if the approach feels right. That initial contact can clarify how sessions might be structured and what to focus on next.
What Amanda works with
Everything Amanda lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Amanda is listed here; the rest shows what else Amanda works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches that guide online work
Amanda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful patterns in thinking and behaviour, then trying small practical changes to reduce anxiety and lift mood. This kind of work is useful for stress, low mood and sleep problems.Another approach centres on exploring relationships and attachment patterns to improve intimacy and connection. It looks at how past experiences shape current reactions and helps people try different ways of relating. This can be helpful for relationship difficulties, family concerns and attachment issues.
Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and then recommend methods that fit the person. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as therapy progresses.
Confirm available session formats before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, enabling sessions during a lunch break and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue therapy if relocating within the UK, but always check current scheduling and format options before you book.
Questions people ask about Amanda
What kinds of problems can be brought to therapy?
Amanda works with a broad range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family issues, trauma and LGBT-related matters. She also helps with sleep problems, anger, intimacy, career stress and ADHD-related difficulties.
What is Amanda's style in sessions?
Her style is collaborative and tailored to each person. Conversations focus on understanding what is happening, finding practical coping steps and setting achievable goals.
How much experience does she have?
Amanda has four years of professional experience working with adults in the United Kingdom on a variety of mental health and relationship concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with Amanda?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and sessions arranged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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