Amanda Blok
Client-centred counsellor for practical support
About Amanda
Amanda Blok works from a client-centred approach that places the person at the heart of the work. She focuses on listening closely and helping people feel understood before suggesting next steps. Amanda draws on 15 years of experience to guide conversations about stress, anxiety, depression and trauma in a calm, steady way.
She helps people talk through relationship and family concerns, and supports those coping with grief, loss and life transitions.
Background and approach
People also come to her for help with eating and mood disorders, anger, ADHD and issues linked to identity and sexuality. Amanda pays attention to how attachment and abandonment experiences shape current reactions and relationships. Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical.
Amanda works to create an open, non-judgemental space where people can express difficult feelings and try new behaviours. She helps clients spot patterns, name emotions and experiment with small changes that feel doable. Her approach includes addressing communication problems, control issues and struggles around money or career direction.
Amanda also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, isolation or the effects of narcissistic dynamics. She helps clients explore forgiveness and repair when that is a goal. Amanda is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
She offers appointments from the United Kingdom and can work with international clients in English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
What Amanda works with
How Amanda works
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Sessions & fees
How a client-centred approach fits online therapy
Amanda’s practice is grounded in client-centred therapy, which centres on listening, empathy and building a trusting relationship. This approach helps people explore feelings, make sense of their experiences and identify the changes they want to try. It is useful for anxiety, depression, relationship concerns and coping with life changes.In sessions Amanda focuses on understanding each person’s perspective before suggesting steps forward. She works collaboratively to choose the right ways of working, adapting the pace and methods to what feels most helpful for the person. Deciding on the best therapeutic approach is part of the work together rather than a one-size-fits-all decision.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and reading of visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is low or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat or messaging suits shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, caring roles or unpredictable schedules, making it simpler to fit therapy into everyday life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
