Amanda Bouvier, BACP

Amanda Bouvier welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about life changes. She is a counsellor with 15 years of experience and offers calm, practical support for stress, anxiety, grief and relationship concerns. Amanda uses straightforward language and aims to help people make manageable changes one step at a time.

Amanda meets with adults of different ages and with teenagers. She has worked with people from varied ethnic backgrounds and with members of the LGBTQ+ community. She also has experience supporting those coping with caring duties, long-term illness, and life-stage transitions linked to ageing.

Her work often focuses on issues that come from earlier relationships and attachment wounds. She also supports people facing ADHD, autism spectrum difficulties, sleep and eating problems, and the emotional impact of bereavement including the loss of a pet.

Amanda draws on several therapeutic approaches to suit each person. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters to them and take action. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try practical alternatives. Attachment-based and emotionally focused ideas are used when relationship patterns and closeness are the central concern.

If reaching out feels difficult, Amanda encourages a gentle first step. Prospective clients are invited to start by using the site process to match and schedule, and then decide together what pace and focus will work best.

Therapeutic approaches used in online work

Amanda uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters to them and take small steps towards those values, often useful for anxiety, stress and life changes. She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at early relationship patterns and how those affect current connections and closeness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda will discuss different ways of working and help decide what fits a person's needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and she adjusts methods as understanding deepens.

The biography does not list which online session formats are offered, so please confirm options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around daily life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Some approaches lend themselves to practical exercises you can try between meetings, which many people find helpful when juggling caring responsibilities, work or study.