Amanda Lacey, NCPS

Amanda Lacey is a counsellor with three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or problems with self-esteem. She also supports those coping with grief and family-related difficulties. In sessions she aims to create an open, non-judgemental space where people can talk freely about what matters to them. She encourages practical steps as well as reflection, so conversations often mix short-term coping ideas with deeper discussion about meaning and values. Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood, and on mindfulness techniques to help people manage distress in the moment. Narrative and existential ideas also feature, helping people reframe life stories and consider purpose and choice when they feel stuck. Amanda has worked with concerns including abandonment, attachment issues, body image, caregiving stress, communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, domestic violence effects, and fertility-related distress. She also addresses feelings of emptiness, guilt, shame, impulsivity and antisocial personality concerns as part of broader therapy work. She offers a supportive, collaborative style and aims to empower people to make changes that fit their life. To begin, she invites prospective clients to reflect on their goals so sessions can focus on what they most want to change.

How Amanda’s approaches can work online

Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns; this can be useful for anxiety, low mood and practical problem solving. She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce stress in the moment. Narrative Therapy is used to help people reframe their life stories and identify the values that matter to them. Choosing the right approach is usually collaborative. Amanda will talk through what feels most useful, try different techniques, and adapt the work to suit the goals and preferences of each person. Sessions can include short practical tasks between meetings to build skills over time. If you are considering online work, please confirm the available session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can attend from a location that suits them. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises used in face-to-face work to an online setting, and the therapist will discuss what will work best for you during the initial matching and scheduling process.