Amanda Brady, BACP

Amanda Brady is a therapeutic counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She focuses on thoughts and everyday habits that affect mood and behaviour, helping people who feel stuck by breaking problems down into practical steps.

Amanda works with concerns such as anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. She also supports people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, career uncertainty and the ripple effects of trauma or emotional abuse. Her approach stays focused on what is happening day to day and what can be changed now.

Sessions aim to identify unhelpful thought patterns and build new routines that make life feel steadier. Amanda mixes talking through experiences with clear, manageable tasks between meetings. She pays attention to attachment and relationship patterns when those help explain recurring difficulties.

People who come with attention differences, eating or sleeping struggles, or addiction-related issues are treated with the same practical focus. Amanda also addresses concerns such as body image, caregiver stress and family of origin problems in straightforward, step-by-step ways.

Her counselling combines client-centred listening with ideas drawn from cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic work. Amanda believes clients already have strengths to draw on, and she works collaboratively to make those strengths useful in everyday life.

How Amanda's approaches translate to online counselling

Amanda uses attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioural methods to help people understand thoughts and habits that shape daily life. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in relationships and how those early ways of relating affect current behaviour, which can help when recurring trust or closeness issues appear. Cognitive behavioural work focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small, practical changes to routines and reactions, which can reduce anxiety and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Amanda will talk with clients about their needs, goals and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try. This collaborative process helps tailor the pace and focus of sessions to what feels most useful for the person sitting opposite her - or joining remotely.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the available session formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when you need a quick review. It also gives options such as not being on camera or choosing a quieter time of day to better suit work or family commitments. Registered or accredited professionals can help arrange an approach that fits practical needs as well as therapeutic aims.