Amanda Thomson
Compassionate, practical therapy for everyday struggles
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About Amanda
Amanda Thomson offers a respectful, compassionate approach to therapy. She is introduced by name and brings four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. Amanda focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by day to day life and helps them take first steps towards change.
Amanda works with common concerns such as stress and anxiety, depression, grief and loss, and relationship and family difficulties. She also supports people dealing with trauma, intimacy-related worries, sleep problems, anger, career pressure and ADHD.
Background and approach
Additional focus areas include issues such as body image, chronic illness, attachment concerns and aspects of kink and alternative sex culture. Her way of working is collaborative and tailored. Conversations and plans are shaped around what each person needs.
Sessions aim to help people make sense of their situation, set small goals and build skills to manage difficult feelings. Amanda aims to create a warm, accepting space where people can go at a pace that feels right. She emphasises respect and sensitivity in every session.
The emphasis is on helping clients gain perspective and practical steps to feel more able to cope. If everyday life feels too much, Amanda offers support and guidance while someone works through what is happening. She frames therapy as a shared journey toward greater wellbeing and independence.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 4
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 379525
- Languages
- English
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Amanda's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Amanda works with
Everything Amanda lists, in their own terms.
- 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
How Amanda works online
Another approach emphasises understanding emotions and how past experiences shape current reactions. This helps people make sense of relationship difficulties, attachment concerns and patterns that repeat over time. Work in this style often includes learning new ways to notice feelings and try different responses.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda will discuss options with each person and agree a way forward based on needs, goals and preferences. The process is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around work, study or family routines and reducing travel time. If you prefer to check details about session types and how they run, confirm the current session options before booking.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems can be discussed in sessions?
Amanda helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship and family concerns. She also supports people with trauma, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, anger, career worries and ADHD.
What is the therapist's general style in sessions?
Sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person. Conversations aim to build understanding, set achievable goals and develop practical strategies.
How much experience does the counsellor have?
Amanda has four years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom helping people with a range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
The profile shows BACP as the listed credential and the therapist is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with this counsellor?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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