Amanda Thomson , BACP

Amanda Thomson uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people regain balance when life feels overwhelming. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, grief and depression, and supports people dealing with intimacy concerns, sleep problems, anger and career strain. Amanda also works with clients facing ADHD, LGBT issues, trauma and abuse and broader family and interpersonal difficulties.

Amanda holds BACP accreditation, which shows she is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has four years of professional experience working with adults in the United Kingdom. Her approach is respectful and person-centred, adapting conversations and plans to each person’s needs.

Sessions are collaborative and practical. Amanda listens first to understand what feels most urgent, then helps people set short-term goals to reduce distress and improve day-to-day coping. She aims to build skills that can be used outside sessions, such as managing worry, improving sleep and handling difficult conversations.

Amanda offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk at a pace that suits them. She encourages small steps and regularly reviews progress so plans stay relevant. Her work also covers areas such as chronic illness, body image, attachment difficulties and issues around commitment and codependency.

If someone is finding day-to-day life hard, Amanda helps them make sense of what’s happening and develop practical ways forward. The focus is on supporting empowerment, clearer perspective and steady progress towards better functioning.

Therapeutic approaches and online therapy options

Amanda works with evidence-based techniques that aim to reduce symptoms and build skills. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to ease anxiety and low mood. This method helps with worry, sleep problems and repetitive negative thoughts.

Another strand of her work concentrates on emotion regulation and coping strategies. That involves learning simple skills to manage strong feelings, improve anger control and handle relationship strain. These practical tools are useful for work stress, grief and trauma-related reactions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey and Amanda treats it as a collaborative process. She will listen to a person’s goals and preferences, try approaches that fit those aims and adjust the plan as progress is reviewed together.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video meetings allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break, live chat is useful for brief check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people access therapy around work, family life and other commitments.