Amanda Bainbridge
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About me
Does something need to change? Have you been feeling overwhelmed or frazzled, like everything’s getting on top of you? Do you want to improve your relationships and find more productive ways of communicating? Perhaps memories from your past are holding you back and you’ve decided it’s time to address them in a safe environment with a professional. Or maybe you’re looking for a new direction, a sense of having more agency in your life. If any of this sounds familiar, I might be able to help.
Personal experience has taught me the value of psychotherapy and the profound impact it has. Making the choice to see a professional is a significant decision and I can support you in taking the first step.
I am a BACP Accredited Psychotherapist and offer psychotherapy for a range of issues including; depression, anxiety, relationship issues, stress, grief and women’s issues including being child-free. I aim to offer you a therapeutic relationship that provides a secure base, in which to increase in self-understanding, heal from past events and work towards the future you want.
As a relational integrative practitioner, I draw on a range of skills from different therapeutic approaches to support our work together. In our sessions we can clarify what’s important to you and what you want for your life moving forwards.
I'm skilled in helping you find effective ways of communicating in your personal relationships, whether with a partner or with family and friends. I can also offer help with general wellbeing; how to find self-care methods that can increase your peace of mind and give you greater everyday satisfaction.
In addition to the above, I specialise in psychological and physical abuse, including sexual abuse, rape, grooming, domestic violence, coercion and controlling relationships. If you have experienced this, I will be well placed to help you work through the impact it has had on your life.
Getting Started:
- Send me a message or give me a call.
- Our first session will be an opportunity for you to ask me any questions you may have and for us to get to know each other.
- We’ll cover: the reasons bringing you for therapy, what I can offer you & what you want to get from your sessions.
- We can agree on a block of sessions, (you might decide to start with 6-8), or we can arrange to work in an open-ended way.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional Registrations
- BACP Accredited Counsellor & Psychotherapist
- Fully insured: Towergate Insurance
Qualifications
- MA Psychotherapy - Leeds Beckett University
- PG Diploma Counselling & Psychotherapy - Leeds Beckett University
- PG Cert Interpersonal & Counselling Skills - Leeds Beckett University
- Certificate in Relational Couples Therapy - Time to Talk
- Transactional Analysis 101 - UKATA
Publications
Exploring self-disclosure between the survivor-therapist and survivor-clients: An autoethnography of the value of ‘sisterhood’ between female survivors of sexual violence https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/capr.12573
Awards
BACP New Research Award 2023
Dean's Award 2021: Leeds Beckett University
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.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Grooming
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
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We can either agree a regular day/time to meet or take a flexible approach depending on your schedule and commitments.
