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Amanda Bouvier, BACP

Based in the UK Online sessions

Practical support for stressed parents and carers

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Years in practice
15
Registration
BACP
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Family conflicts
Focus
Grief
About

About Amanda

Amanda Bouvier is a counsellor who focuses on helping parents and individuals dealing with stress and family-related challenges. She works with people who are anxious, grieving, struggling with depression, or managing ADHD. Amanda speaks plainly and aims to make first steps feel less daunting for worried parents and carers.

She has practised in therapeutic settings since 2010 and brings 15 years of experience to sessions. Her work often addresses unresolved childhood issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, and strained relationships with parents or caregivers.

Background and approach

She also supports people after pregnancy loss and those coping with the death of a pet, recognising how painful and complex that grief can be. Amanda has experience supporting people with autism spectrum conditions and with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She also helps those facing caregiving stress, work or study pressure, and life-stage transitions linked to ageing and change.

She understands how these pressures can affect parenting and daily routines. Her approach draws on practical talking therapies such as cognitive behavioural ideas and emotion-focused work, combined with acceptance and attachment-informed thinking. Sessions are collaborative and aim to build clearer strategies for managing emotions, behaviour and relationships.

She listens in a calm, non-judgemental way and helps people try out new ways of coping. Amanda works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. She accepts clients from outside the UK and uses a range of online formats so people can choose what fits their life.

Focus areas and approaches

What Amanda works with

Everything Amanda lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Amanda helps people with.

Approaches Amanda lists

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Online support

How Amanda's approaches translate to online work

Amanda uses cognitive behavioural approaches to help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavioural experiments. CBT-style work can be useful for anxiety, low mood, sleeping difficulties and stress-related problems.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This helps when people want to understand difficulties with closeness, abandonment worries or family conflict. Client-centred principles guide her overall stance - she offers empathic listening and works at the client's pace to build trust and openness.

Choosing the right approach is part of the journey. Amanda will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then agree together which methods to try. That collaborative process means plans can be adjusted if something does not feel helpful.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let couples or parents use visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messages suit short check-ins or people who prefer not to use the phone. These options make it easier to fit therapy around childcare, work or busy days while keeping continuity of care.
Questions

Questions people ask about Amanda

What kinds of problems does Amanda help with?

Amanda supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and parenting concerns. She also works with issues such as ADHD, attachment difficulties, eating and sleeping problems, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns.

What is Amanda's therapeutic style like?

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, combining client-centred listening with practical strategies. Sessions focus on understanding feelings and trying manageable changes in everyday life.

How much experience does she have?

She has worked in therapy settings since 2010, giving her 15 years of experience supporting adults and teenagers with a wide range of concerns.

What credentials and location apply to her practice?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP, and practices from the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and she is able to work with clients who live outside the UK.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are fees and payments handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with Amanda?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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