Emotional wellbeing & coping
My thoughts or feelings feel hard to manage.
- Emotional regulation / dysregulation
- Self-care
- Self-worth
- Confidence
- Self-harm
- Suicidal ideation
- Coping skills
- Anger management
- Depression
- Stress
Therapy
Make sense of what feels hard to hold.
Therapy offers space to slow down, say what may be difficult to say elsewhere and explore a future that feels more manageable and hopeful.
Reasons people come to therapy
Life can feel difficult in many different ways. You don’t have to go through it alone.
These are some of the experiences I can support you with. Together, we can explore what feels important, at a pace that feels right for you.
Often at the heart of my workTop specialisms
- ADD / ADHD
- Autism spectrum
- Anxiety
- Self-esteem
- Depression
- Social anxiety
- Stress
Identity & ways of being
I want to understand myself or my identity.
- Sense of self
- Self-acceptance
- Belonging
- Gender identity
- Masking
- Body image
- Feeling different or not fitting in
- People-pleasing
- Disability
- Identity issues
- Neurodiversity
- Sexual identity
- Sexuality
Work, study & performance
Work, study or performance has become overwhelming.
- Burnout
- Performance anxiety
- Fear of failure
- Work-life balance
- Career difficulties
- Work-related stress
- Exam stress
- Work-related issues
- Sports psychotherapy
Connection, family & loss
Relationships, health or change are affecting me.
- Relationship breakdown
- Boundaries
- Loneliness or isolation
- Becoming a parent
- Bullying
- Bereavement
- Child-related issues
- Health-related issues
- Infertility
- Loss
- Relationships
Children & teenagers · ages 8–17
Things feel big and I don’t always know how to express them.
- Anxiety and worry
- Emotional regulation / dysregulation
- Low mood
- Self-esteem
- Self-worth
- Confidence
- Social anxiety
- School pressure and exam stress
- School attendance concerns
- Bullying and friendships
- Family change and separation
- Grief and loss
- Identity and belonging
- Neurodiversity
- Self-harm
- Eating difficulties
- Anger and big reactions
One experience may fit, several may feel familiar, or none may feel quite right yet. If you don’t see your experience here, what you do know is enough for us to begin.
What the work can offer
Understanding first. Change that is yours.
Counselling and psychotherapy can offer different ways of understanding and responding to what you’re going through. The work may focus on a difficulty affecting you now, or explore recurring patterns, relationships and past experiences that continue to shape your life.
You do not need to know which approach is right before you begin. Amber will help you find a comfortable starting point, listen to what matters and shape the sessions around your needs, even if you are unsure how to put things into words.
Sessions may offer practical ways to cope, space to reflect, or both. Together, you can make sense of what affects how you feel and relate to others, while exploring changes that matter to you at a pace that feels right.
- Speak openly and feel heard without judgement
- Understand your emotions and what they may be communicating
- Recognise recurring patterns and where they may come from
- Develop ways to manage difficult feelings
- Strengthen confidence in your choices and boundaries
- Relate to yourself with greater patience and compassion
- Move towards changes that feel meaningful at your own pace
This experience has been truly transformative.
Anna · Client review
Therapy is individual
No fixed programme. No pressure to perform.
Focused support
You may want to work on a current difficulty, transition or coping strategy over a shorter period. Progress is reviewed with you, not assumed.
Deeper exploration
You may want time to understand persistent patterns, relationships or earlier experiences without rushing towards a quick answer.
A flexible way forward
There is no fixed number of sessions. We check in together along the way about what is helping, what you need, and whether continuing or preparing to finish feels right.
Your next step
See whether therapy with Amber feels right.
The paid first session gives you 50 minutes to talk through what you need and decide together how to proceed.