Counsellor profile
Amanda Thomson, BACP
BACP counsellor - family and relationship concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Family conflict
About Amanda
Amanda Thomson is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, family concerns, grief and loss, and mood issues such as depression. She also supports clients facing intimacy-related problems, sleep disturbance, anger and career-related strain.
Amanda speaks English and works from a practical, evidence-informed stance. She frames conversations simply and uses straightforward questions to clarify what matters most. Sessions focus on understanding current problems, spotting patterns that keep those problems going, and testing small changes that can make daily life easier.
Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including neurodiversity-related issues, attachment and abandonment worries, codependency, and the effects of chronic illness or cancer on everyday life. She also offers support around complex topics such as kink and sexual culture, body image, and the emotional impacts of aging.
Clients can expect step-by-step discussion and planning rather than technical jargon. Amanda helps people set short-term goals and reviews progress each time. The aim is to build practical coping strategies that fit into busy family lives.
For people wanting to begin, she asks for a short matching questionnaire and a first session to agree a way forward. Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How sessions work
How evidence-based methods are used online
Amanda works from evidence-informed therapeutic approaches that focus on clear steps and practical change. One common method involves identifying unhelpful thinking and testing alternative ways of thinking and behaving; this helps with anxiety, low mood and day-to-day stress. Another approach looks at attachment and relationship patterns, helping people understand how past connections affect current family and relationship strain. These methods are described simply and used to create manageable actions between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review what is and isn’t helping and suggest options based on the client’s needs and preferences. Together they set goals and try techniques for a few sessions to see what fits best, adjusting the plan as they go.
If you prefer online sessions, please confirm the exact session formats before booking as formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life - for example, shorter check-ins can be arranged around a work break, and sessions without video can reduce bandwidth needs. Registered or accredited professionals often use online sessions to keep continuity when people have busy family schedules.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of family issues does she help with?
She helps people work through family conflict, blended family stress and parenting strain from an individual perspective.
How does she approach therapy?
Sessions use straightforward, evidence-informed techniques to identify patterns and test practical changes that ease daily life.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of professional experience working with stress, anxiety, relationships and grief.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in the United Kingdom.
Do sessions take place in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can I do sessions from outside the UK?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions operate via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.