Amanda Bouvier, BACP

Amanda Bouvier is a counsellor who aims to make the first step feel manageable for people facing stress, grief, anxiety and life changes. She works with adults and teenagers and welcomes people from diverse backgrounds, including those in the LGBT community. Her approach is warm and straightforward, helping clients talk through immediate problems and longer standing hurts.

Amanda uses clear, practical ways of working to support day-to-day coping and longer-term change. She draws on methods that focus on thoughts and behaviour, emotions, and personal values to help clients untangle difficult patterns. Sessions often cover relationship strains, parenting pressures, bereavement and the impact of being a carer.

She has 15 years of experience and holds membership with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. That background includes sustained work with people who have autism spectrum difficulties and with those who have ADHD. She has also supported many people through pregnancy loss and the grief that follows the death of a companion animal.

Amanda offers one-to-one sessions, and she also runs couple and family work when that is appropriate. She has worked with people across many life stages, including age-related transitions and workplace stress. Her style aims to be accepting, practical and focused on what the person wants to change.

People who choose to work with Amanda can expect calm, patient listening alongside tools to manage feelings and improve day-to-day functioning. She encourages small steps and clear goals so progress can be noticed between sessions.

How Amanda’s approaches can help online

Amanda commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then commit to actions that reflect their values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical strategies to reduce distress and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda will discuss options with each person and together decide what fits best with their goals and circumstances. That shared decision-making means the therapy plan can change as needs shift over time.

If you are considering online therapy, check the current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online care can help people fit sessions around work, caregiving and daily life, and it can make it easier to keep appointments during busy weeks. Some formats are better for brief check-ins while others suit longer, more reflective sessions, so clarifying the available formats will help set expectations.