Amanda Burridge

Amanda Burridge is a counsellor who helps people facing grief, illness and major life changes. She is calm and approachable and aims to make conversation feel straightforward. Amanda uses a caring, curious style and will listen closely to what matters to you.

She has a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy credential, shown as BACP, and brings four years of direct counselling experience. Amanda works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. She also supports those coping with parenting strain, relationship concerns and sleep disruption.

Amanda often supports people through bereavement and hospice or end-of-life related issues, and she has experience helping people cope with cancer and caregiver stress. Her style is gentle and sometimes includes light humour when it feels right to ease hard moments.

In sessions she focuses on building a trusting relationship first. Conversations are practical and down to earth. When useful she draws on client-centred ways of working to follow what you bring, and on cognitive behavioural ideas to try new patterns of thinking and acting.

To begin she will listen to your immediate needs and help set manageable goals. The work aims to help you notice small changes and build coping skills that fit your everyday life. Amanda presents herself as a fellow human who walks alongside people during difficult times.

How Amanda’s approaches translate to online counselling

Amanda draws on client-centred work that places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. This means the counsellor follows what the client brings, listens carefully and responds with empathy to whatever is most pressing. It helps with grief, life changes and relationship concerns.

She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying practical changes in thinking and behaviour. CBT can be useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems because it teaches concrete skills to test and adjust patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and together you will choose whether to focus more on client-centred listening or on CBT techniques. This is a collaborative process and may change as you progress.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find remote sessions help them sustain regular work on difficult issues while managing everyday responsibilities.