Amanda Burridge, BACP

Amanda Burridge is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. She also supports those dealing with grief, parenting strain, sleep problems and low self-esteem. Amanda brings a calm, approachable manner and listens with curiosity and warmth.

She uses a gentle, human-centred way of working that focuses on what matters to each person. Sessions aim to build a trusting therapeutic relationship where people can talk about hard things and notice small changes over time. Amanda blends person-focused listening with practical tools to manage difficult thoughts and feelings.

Her background includes four years of counselling experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Amanda has worked with people affected by cancer, hospice and end-of-life issues, caregiver stress and ageing concerns. She also addresses attachment difficulties, guilt and shame, and struggles around life purpose and midlife change.

In practice she draws on Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to tailor work to each person. That means sessions can be reflective and exploratory, and also include straightforward strategies for thinking and behaviour when helpful. Amanda aims to keep sessions down-to-earth and occasionally uses gentle humour to ease difficult topics.

People seeking help with jealousy, communication problems, forgiveness, pregnancy or postpartum challenges may find it useful to talk with her. Amanda encourages those interested to consider their goals and to start with a short matching process before booking.

How Amanda’s counselling approaches work online

Amanda draws on Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to guide online work. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on empathic listening and helping people feel heard so they can explore their own thoughts and feelings at their pace. This approach is useful when someone needs a supportive space to process grief, life changes or relationship worries.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, involves noticing unhelpful thought patterns and trying practical steps to change them. It often includes simple exercises and short tools people can use between sessions to manage anxiety, low mood or sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda will talk with each person about goals, personal preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether sessions should be more reflective, skills-focused, or a mix of both, and adjustments are made as needs change.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. The main practical benefits of online therapy are convenience and flexibility: it can fit into a lunch break, save travel time and make it easier to keep regular contact when life is busy. Online work also makes it straightforward to combine reflective conversation with CBT exercises and short check-ins between longer sessions.