Getting to know Amy - Anxiety Therapy Specialist

Hello, I'm Amy

I'm a Therapeutic Counsellor, a married mum of two, and someone who genuinely understands how overwhelming anxiety can feel.

Outside of my work in counselling, you'll usually find me with a good coffee (a Starbucks caramel macchiato is my guilty pleasure), planning my next holiday, listening to music, reading a thriller or enjoying a cosy evening with Netflix. But the most important thing I'd like you to know is that I haven't only trained to support people with anxiety, I've experienced it myself.

Several years ago, unexpected health news within my family turned my world upside down. Almost overnight, I went from feeling confident and grounded to living with constant fear, overthinking and emotional overwhelm. I barely recognised myself, and I know how exhausting it is to feel as though your mind never truly switches off.

Therapy became a huge part of my own healing. Rather than trying to fight my anxiety or make it disappear, I gradually learnt to understand it with greater compassion. I discovered that anxiety wasn't something that needed fixing. It was trying to tell me something important. That shift changed everything. It's a philosophy that continues to shape the way I work today.

I don't believe therapy is about simply managing symptoms. I believe lasting change comes from understanding the patterns beneath anxiety, making sense of your experiences and learning to respond to yourself with curiosity and compassion instead of criticism.

Whether your anxiety shows up as constant overthinking, people pleasing, panic, self doubt or feeling overwhelmed by everyday life, my aim is to help you understand what's keeping those patterns going so you can begin to feel calmer, more confident and better able to trust yourself again.

My approach is warm, supportive and collaborative. I want therapy to feel like a space where you can finally take a breath, feel truly understood and explore whatever is weighing on you without fear of judgement.

Together, we'll work towards helping you feel calmer, more grounded and more connected to yourself.

If that sounds like the kind of support you're looking for, I'd love to hear from you.

Who I help

I support adults who feel stuck in exhausting cycles of anxiety, overthinking and emotional overwhelm.

Many of the people I work with appear to be coping on the outside, while internally feeling anxious, mentally drained and unable to switch off. They may find themselves caught in “what if” thinking, replaying conversations, second-guessing themselves or carrying the weight of everyone else’s needs while quietly struggling themselves.

Over time, anxiety can affect relationships, work, confidence, sleep and the ability to feel calm and present.

I offer warm, supportive counselling for adults who are tired of living in survival mode and want to understand what is driving their anxiety, break unhelpful patterns and build greater self-trust.

Whether your anxiety shows up as constant worry, panic, people pleasing, fear of judgement or emotional overwhelm, therapy can help you understand your experiences and create lasting change.

I work online with clients across the UK and in person from my private garden therapy room in Milton Keynes.

My Approach

When working with anxiety, one of the first things I often help clients with is breaking the cycle of becoming frightened of anxiety itself. It's common to start fearing anxious thoughts, physical sensations or the possibility of panic, but when anxiety begins to feel like the threat, it can unintentionally keep the cycle going.

Together, we'll work towards understanding these experiences so they begin to feel less frightening. As your understanding grows, anxiety often starts to lose some of its power.

Alongside this, I believe it's important to explore why anxiety may be showing up in the first place. Anxiety is rarely random. Often, it's our mind and body trying to protect us, signalling that something within us may need care, attention or understanding.

Sometimes this relates to past experiences, long-held beliefs about ourselves, unmet emotional needs or patterns such as people pleasing, perfectionism and self-criticism. By gently exploring these patterns, we can begin to understand not only what you're experiencing, but why.

A key part of my work is helping clients understand how anxiety affects both the mind and body. For many people, simply making sense of what's happening can reduce the fear, shame and frustration that so often accompany anxiety.

I offer a warm, compassionate and non-judgemental space where you don't have to hide how you're really feeling. My hope is that therapy helps you move beyond simply managing anxiety and towards feeling calmer, more confident, more connected to yourself and able to trust yourself again.

Where I work

Counselling sessions take place in the Crown Counselling room at my home in Eagle Farm South, Milton Keynes. The room is a cosy and welcoming garage conversion at the back of my garden, created to feel calm, comfortable (Air-conditioned in summer and warm in winter) and private.

When you arrive, you can park on the drive and ring the bell at the back gate. I will come and meet you there and show you through to the counselling room.

The space is tucked away from the main house to help you feel safe, relaxed and able to talk openly without interruption or judgement.

I also conduct my online counselling sessions from this space, allowing me to offer the same calm, confidential and supportive environment whether we work together in person or online.

Training, Qualifications and Experience

Registered Member of BACP (British Association for Counsellors & Psychotherapists)

BACP Certificate of Proficiency

Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Attachment Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Enrolled - Commencing Sept 2026)

Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (SEG Awards)

Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Studies (CPCAB)

Level 2 Diploma in Counselling Skills (CPCAB)

Certified Online Counsellor (Counselling Tutor and ACTO)

OU/BACP - 'How to do Counselling online: A Coronavirus Primer'

Safeguarding Training - Adults

Affiliate Counsellor Roles with Employee Assistant Programmes - 'Health Assured' and 'PAM wellbeing'.

Volunteer Counsellor at Mind BLMK- Working with clients who presented with a range of Mental health difficulties and issues including; depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues and low self esteem.

Volunteer Counsellor - MKAct - Refuge for women who have survived Domestic Abuse. - Working with the women to help process the loss and trauma they had experienced and offering support as they began to re-build their lives.

Continual Professional Development

I have completed additional training and learning around the following topics (and many more):

Attachment

Psychodynamic Theory

Anxiety and the Nervous system

Guided Visualisation

Grief and Bereavement

Psychodynamic Theory

Inner Critic

Guilt & Shame

CBT Tools

Trauma & Sexual Abuse

Domestic Abuse

Inner Child work

Assessment and Private Practice Skills

Online therapy