Amanda Archer
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About me
My style is warm, non-judgemental, creative and hopeful. I am an experienced UKCP Accredited psychotherapist offering sessions from my beautiful therapy room in the Ouseburn.
Who can I help?
Whatever you are going through, you don’t have to go through it alone. You might be seeking therapy to get support for something specific that has happened to you. A trauma, the loss of a loved one, loss of work, identity or purpose. I can provide you with a safe and confidential space to process your experience and find a way to heal and move forward.
You might be seeking therapy because you have been struggling for a long time. Do you suffer from anxiety, stress, depression, low self-confidence, no sense of identity or just a general sense of unhappiness? If so, psychotherapy can really help. Psychotherapy is an in-depth relational approach that allows for long-term change.
Often the ways in which we struggle in life begin in our childhood where our own individual blueprint for being human is made. Exploring this together with a kind curiosity we can find understanding and empathy for your thoughts, feelings and behaviours in the here and now. From this comes the freedom and space to choose more helpful and fulfilling ways of being such as increased autonomy, spontaneity and intimacy.
How I work
I am an integrative, relational, humanist psychotherapist with core training in Transactional Analysis. I use my skills and experience to tailor a therapeutic approach that suits you and your needs, to help you reach your goals.
I am a naturally creative therapist and I am able to offer a range of techniques to support therapeutic exploration and change. This can include the use of story and metaphor, sand tray, guided imagery, dream work, drawing, painting, clay, bodywork, mindfulness and relaxation.
Above all I believe in the power of the therapeutic relationship in which I invest myself professionally, genuinely, emotionally and lovingly.
Experience
Before training to become a psychotherapist, I was an artist and arts educator. I worked creatively with people from vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities, enabling them to have their voices heard and their stories told through the creation of artwork.
During this time I came to understand the therapeutic and cathartic benefits of using creative techniques to explore and express oneself. This experience fuelled my desire to help people on a deeper level and so I began my training to become a psychotherapist. I completed my qualification in Adult Integrative Psychotherapy at the Northern Guild for Psychotherapy in 2020. I have been in practice since 2016.
I began my practice as a therapist at the Northern Guild for Psychotherapy where I worked with a range of people both long and short term. I also gained several years of experience providing training therapy to trainee counsellors and psychotherapists. In 2022 I set up my own therapy practice in the Ouseburn.
Location
I work from my beautiful and comfortable therapy room in an old school in the Ouseburn in Newcastle upon Tyne.
With views of the trees out of the tall arch window, you can hear and see nature change and grow through the seasons as you go through your own therapeutic journey of change.
Booking in
The relationship with your therapist is key in this healing process so it is important to find a therapist who you feel comfortable with, and that you feel you can relate to. As it takes time to work this out I offer a free initial Zoom call as our first meeting.
After this, if we feel like we would be a good match we would meet for two assessment sessions where I would seek to find out in more depth about you and your life and the things you are struggling with. These two sessions also give you the opportunity to get to know how you feel working with me before making a commitment to doing the deep and healing work of psychotherapy.
If you feel like I might be the right therapist for you, please get in touch and ask me any questions you might have. I look forward to hearing from you.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy, Newman University
- Diploma in Psychotherapy, Northern Guild for Psychotherapy and Counselling
- Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Northern Guild for Psychotherapy and Counselling
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Additional information
Sessions are £70 each and last for 50 minutes.
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My working hours are Monday-Thursday 12pm-5pm.
