Amanda Guest

• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions support
• Attachment work

About Amanda

Amanda Guest works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and issues around self-esteem and coping with life changes. She uses a collaborative counselling relationship and says she gives people the space and respect to work on the areas they want to change, improve or grow from. Amanda is registered with NCPS and has eight years of experience in the United Kingdom.

She draws on several practical approaches to counselling. Client-centred work means she follows the person's concerns and uses their priorities to guide sessions. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and test out alternative ways of thinking and acting. Attachment-based and emotionally-focused work help people look at patterns in close relationships and the feelings behind them.

Amanda also supports people facing grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stresses, career pressures and compassion fatigue. She works with matters such as eating and body image, substance misuse, domestic violence, and the effects of separation and divorce. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, codependency, dissociation and managing multiple co-occurring difficulties.

Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions aim to identify clear goals and small steps that fit into everyday life. She will often combine reflective conversation with structured techniques so people can try things between sessions.

Amanda works in English and accepts international clients. Session cost varies with location and uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

How her approaches can work in online sessions

Amanda uses client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-focused methods that can adapt to an online setting. Client-centred counselling means the counsellor follows the person’s priorities and uses reflective conversation to help make sense of difficulties; this helps with issues such as self-esteem and life changes. Cognitive behavioural work focuses on recognising thought patterns and trying practical experiments to change behaviour, which can be set up as tasks between sessions. Attachment-based and emotionally-focused approaches look at relationship patterns and the emotions that drive them, useful for intimacy and relationship concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Amanda will work with the person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals and preferences, and she reviews what is working as sessions progress. This is a collaborative effort to shape the work together.

The practical benefit of online counselling is being able to fit sessions into everyday life more easily. Confirm the exact session formats before booking, as the original information does not specify them. Online sessions can make it simpler to organise regular check-ins, allow for shorter or longer appointments to suit work or caregiving commitments, and reduce travel time so people can focus on the work itself.

Topics Amanda lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions
• Trauma and abuse
• Self-esteem
• Coping with life changes
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• Body image
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Co-morbidity
• Codependency
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• HIV and AIDS
• Hoarding
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Mood disorders
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Personality disorders
• Post-traumatic stress
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexuality
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Existential Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Narrative Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy
• Internal Family Systems

Questions about Amanda

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and related stress are listed areas of work in her practice.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses client-centred counselling alongside cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-based and emotionally-focused approaches.

How much experience does she have?

Amanda has eight years of experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.

Is she registered and where is she based?

She is registered with NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English.

Will she take clients from other countries?

International clients are accepted.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start counselling with her?

Click the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.