Amy Butterworth, BACP

Amy Butterworth is a BACP counsellor who aims to help people feeling overwhelmed by loss, stress, anxiety or changes at home and work. She meets people where they are and offers a calm, accepting space to talk through what matters most. Her approach can suit those coping with pregnancy and baby loss, parenting strain, relationship worries or the ongoing effects of trauma.

She works in a person-centred way and often blends other methods to match each person’s needs. That can mean using ideas from cognitive behavioural approaches to spot unhelpful thinking, or drawing on attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns. Sessions are collaborative and paced so people can feel heard and move forward at a manageable rate.

Amy has five years of counselling experience alongside nine years working in maternity roles for the NHS. That background informs her support for pregnancy and postnatal difficulties, birth trauma, miscarriage and infant loss. She is an accredited practitioner with the Foundation for Infant Loss and describes a particular interest in supporting parents and carers of people with special educational needs and disabilities.

Her work also covers issues such as grief, ADHD, compassion fatigue, addiction, eating and sleeping problems, low self-esteem and coping with life transitions. She tends to focus on practical steps and reflective conversation to help people manage emotions and daily challenges.

Sessions are conducted in English and are based in the United Kingdom. To begin, the usual route is to use the site matching process so schedules and next steps can be arranged.

How therapeutic approaches shape online counselling

Amy uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy frequently alongside her person-centred work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and is often useful for anxiety, stress and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and can be helpful for intimacy issues, attachment difficulties and relationship pain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest ways of working together. This is a collaborative process and can change as therapy progresses to match what is most useful.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the therapist's current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people keep continuity of care when schedules change. Registered and accredited professionals will discuss practical arrangements and what to expect at the first appointment so sessions can fit into everyday life.