Amy Mayhew, BACP

Amy Mayhew is a BACP-registered counsellor who uses a person-centred approach to create a warm, down-to-earth space for talking things through. She focuses on anxiety and related concerns, and aims to help people feel heard and regain a sense of control.

She believes each person knows themselves best and meets clients without judgement. Sessions move at the client's pace, with the counsellor guiding conversations rather than giving directives. The aim is to uncover what is holding someone back and to help them reconnect with their own strengths.

Alongside anxiety, Amy supports people with stress, low self-esteem, relationship issues, grief and life transitions. She also has experience with addictions, trauma and abuse, and a wide range of other concerns such as body image, communication problems and coping with cancer.

Amy draws on approaches that include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy when these fit the person and the issue. She works collaboratively to choose practical steps that can be tried between sessions and reviewed over time.

With five years' experience, she works from the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Prospective clients are invited to start by completing a short questionnaire and arranging a first appointment to see how the counselling relationship feels.

How Amy's approaches work online

Amy combines person-centred listening with practical methods such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy. CBT helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, which can reduce anxiety and improve coping. Mindfulness teaches simple ways to notice thoughts and bodily sensations, helping people respond rather than react.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs, goals and preferences and agree on which methods to try. Plans are reviewed together so the work can be adjusted as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time, making it simpler to schedule a daytime appointment, or allowing shorter check-in meetings when that suits the client's routine. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and practical tasks for remote sessions so progress can continue between appointments.