Amanda Thomson
Practical, evidence-based therapy with a compassionate approach
About Amanda
Amanda Thomson uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage stress, anxiety and relationship difficulties. She introduces practical steps and clear conversation to help people facing grief, depression, or problems with intimacy and sleep. Amanda has four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and works from a respectful, compassionate stance.
Amanda focuses on what feels manageable in the moment. She listens to the story a person brings and adjusts session pace and goals to suit them.
Background and approach
That can mean short-term coping strategies or deeper work on attachment, abandonment or trauma-related concerns. Practical issues such as career strain, anger, or living with chronic pain are also part of her work. She supports exploration of identity and LGBT matters alongside relationship roles and blended family challenges.
ADHD, body image and sexual expression including kink and BDSM are included in her list of focus areas. Sessions aim to build understanding and clearer choices. Amanda helps people notice patterns, try small changes, and track what makes a difference.
The approach is collaborative and paced to how the individual prefers to work. People who come because daily life feels overwhelming will find calm, steady support. Amanda explains options, helps set short-term goals and checks in on progress.
Her practice is grounded in practical techniques and thoughtful listening.
What Amanda works with
Sessions & fees
Evidence-based approaches and online support
Amanda draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on present difficulties and practical change. One common approach emphasises identifying unhelpful patterns in thinking and behaviour and then trying new, small experiments to reduce anxiety and lift mood. This helps with symptoms such as worry, low mood and sleep disruption.Another useful way of working concentrates on how early relationships shape current reactions and attachment. This approach helps people understand recurring trust, intimacy or abandonment fears and supports building different ways of relating in day-to-day life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda discusses options with each person and adapts methods to fit their goals, preferences and the specific problems they bring. The collaboration means the plan can change as needs evolve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is good for fuller conversation and visual connection, phone suits shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows flexible written dialogue during the day, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and busy schedules.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
