Amanda Webster, NCPS

Amanda Webster is a licensed therapist based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience and the NCPS credential, a registration indicating standing as a counselling and psychotherapy professional. She works with a broad range of concerns, including stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping difficulties, depression and bipolar disorder, anger, ADHD and autism, relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy-related concerns, parenting challenges, career questions, and compassion fatigue. Amanda also supports people navigating identity and transition within the LGBT community and offers focused work around abandonment, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and body image issues.

Amanda’s practice is grounded in a client-centered ethos that prioritises an open, non-judgemental space where people can explore thoughts and feelings at their own pace. She draws on a range of therapeutic methods - including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy - tailoring tools and techniques to each person's needs and circumstances. She regularly works with neurodivergent individuals and those undergoing life transitions, shaping interventions to accommodate differences in processing, routine, and sensory needs.

Amanda emphasises small, practical changes that build momentum over time. Simple strategies she often recommends include breaking tasks into manageable steps with short breathing or stretching pauses between tasks, taking regular breaks to recharge during the day, and creating a clear end-of-day boundary such as a short walk and stopping work after 7 pm. She supports clients in taking steady steps toward greater wellbeing and works collaboratively to identify strengths and practical pathways forward.

Therapeutic Approaches and Accessible Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it supports taking values-led actions even when things feel difficult. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress, low mood, and navigating ongoing life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust, and it can help with relationship difficulties, intimacy concerns, and healing from abandonment or relational trauma. This approach focuses on understanding emotional needs and building more secure ways of relating.

Client-Centered Therapy prioritises the person's own experience by offering a respectful, non-judgemental space where clients lead the pace and focus of work. It supports self-exploration, self-esteem, and recovering a stronger sense of agency.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Amanda works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their goals, preferences, and practical needs, and she adapts techniques as therapy progresses to ensure the best possible match.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or geographical constraints. These formats allow flexible scheduling, ongoing support between sessions when appropriate, and the ability to access registered professionals from different locations, helping therapy remain consistent and reachable.