Amanda Burridge, BACP

Amanda Burridge is a BACP counsellor who helps people facing common life challenges. She is calm and easy to talk to, and focuses on building a supportive therapeutic relationship. Her approach aims to help people notice strengths and small changes they can make in day-to-day life.

She works with stress, anxiety and depression, and also supports people through grief and loss. Parenting strain, sleeping difficulties, self-esteem and relationship problems are other areas she addresses. Amanda has an additional focus on ageing and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, and end-of-life concerns.

Amanda draws on Client-Centred Therapy to keep the conversation focused on each person’s experience. She also uses elements of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help spot unhelpful thinking and try simple, practical changes. Sessions look at what is happening now and what could be different moving forward.

Her background includes four years of practice recorded in professional settings. The BACP credential listed is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which she holds as a professional registration. That informs her ethical approach and professional standards.

People who come to Amanda often want a straightforward, human conversation about difficult topics. She aims for a warm, curious style, and may use gentle humour where it fits. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then book according to the therapist’s schedule.

How Amanda’s approaches translate to online counselling

Amanda uses Client-Centred Therapy to keep the work rooted in each person’s experience. That means sessions focus on listening, reflecting and helping people find their own answers rather than following a rigid plan. This approach can help with grief, relationship worries and uncertainty linked to ageing or caregiving.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT techniques can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems by trying small, practical changes and noticing what works.

Finding the right way of working is a shared process. Amanda will talk with clients about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adapt the blend of client-centred listening and CBT strategies. The aim is to be collaborative so people feel able to try new ways of coping between sessions.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into everyday life - for example, saving travel time, allowing shorter catch-ups during busy days, or using sessions when energy is limited. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can tailor the practical setup to suit a client’s routine and needs.