About me
About Me
I am a Fully Qualified And Accredited Integrative Counsellor, Psychotherapist And Counselling Supervisor, with Professional Accreditation through both the BACP and the NCPS. I have been working in Private Practice since 2011 and bring over a decade of Psychotherapeutically Grounded, Ethically Informed experience to my work.
Alongside my core training in Counselling And Psychotherapy, I have undertaken extensive and ongoing Professional Development across Integrative Counselling, Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy, and Specialist Therapeutic Approaches. My practice is grounded in both Professional Expertise and Lived Experience, allowing me to work with depth, flexibility, and integrity.
My areas of experience include, Trauma and Complex Trauma (including relational and developmental trauma), Domestic Violence, Learning Disabilities, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Conditions, Life-Limiting Illness, Neurodivergence (ADHD and Autism), and Emotional Regulation Difficulties and more.
Following my own diagnosis of Fibromyalgia in 2011, I developed a particular specialism in working with Chronic Pain, Fatigue, Musculoskeletal, And Arthritic Conditions. This has informed a Psychologically Informed And Holistic approach that supports clients in Understanding Their Condition, Improving Regulation, and Developing Sustainable Strategies for Everyday Life.
Specialist Areas And DBT-Informed Practice
Personality Disorders and Emotional Regulation Difficulties are a key focus of my work. I am Fully Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Trained and offer a Blended, Integrative, DBT-Informed Approach, particularly for individuals experiencing Borderline Personality Disorder / Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD), Complex Trauma, and Long-Standing Emotional Distress.
My DBT-Informed work is Relational And Structured rather than rigidly manualised. This approach has proven highly effective, particularly within Online And Integrative Settings, and is always tailored to the individual rather than delivered as a one-size-fits-all programme.
Coaching, Mentoring And The Blue Amber Method™
In addition to Counselling, Psychotherapy, And Supervision, I offer Integrative Coaching And Mentoring Pathways, including my signature framework:
The Blue Amber Method™
The Blue Amber Method™ is a Forward-Focused, Holistic Mentoring Approach that integrates Psychotherapy, Coaching, DBT Principles, Hypnotherapy, Nervous System Regulation, and Reflective Future-Planning. It is designed for individuals who are ready to move beyond Stabilisation or Insight-Only Work and want structured support towards Meaningful And Sustainable Change.
Coaching And Mentoring Pathways are clearly differentiated from Therapy and are offered with careful Ethical Consideration to ensure Appropriate Placement and Readiness.
This work is particularly suited to:
Neurodivergent Adults (ADHD And Autism)
Emotional Regulation And Identity Work
Life Transitions, Burnout, And Personal Realignment
Chronic Illness Adjustment And Resilience
Relationship Patterns And Relational Awareness
Client Groups And Areas Of Support
I work primarily with Adults And Young People, offering support for a wide range of presentations, including:
Trauma, PTSD, And Complex PTSD
Anxiety And Depression
Bereavement And Loss
Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, And Chronic Fatigue / ME
Personality Disorders And Emotional Dysregulation
Substance Misuse And Addiction
Stress, Self-Esteem, And Identity
Relationship And Attachment Difficulties
Autism And ADHD (Counselling, Coaching, And Mentoring Support)
Sessions And Structure
Sessions are typically up to one hour. Some clients attend for Time-Limited, Focused Work, while others benefit from Longer-Term Integrative Support. While many clients find that six sessions provides a Helpful Foundation, this is always reviewed collaboratively and adjusted to Individual Need. More complex presentations may require Longer-Term Work.
How to Contact Me:
Lizzy:01278 760680 or 07815 606 372
Email: blueambercounselling@live.co.uk
www.blueambercounselling.co.uk
Lizzy Blue Amber Counselling...
"Knowing Yourself Is the Beginning of all Wisdom"
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications, Training And Professional Development
I hold a Higher Diploma in Integrative Counselling and an Advanced Certificate in Counselling Practice, alongside extensive post-qualifying training across counselling, psychotherapy, trauma-informed practice, mindfulness, DBT, and hypnotherapy. I have continued to invest in accredited and specialist training throughout my career to ensure my work remains ethical, reflective, and professionally robust.
My professional development includes advanced training in trauma and attachment, including relational and developmental trauma, disorganised attachment, dissociation, somatisation, and the impact of trauma on the nervous system and the body. This informs an integrative, psychotherapeutically grounded approach when working with complex trauma, emotional dysregulation, and long-standing relational patterns.
I have completed DBT Level 2 and Level 3 training, including skills development group work, which underpins my DBT-informed practice with individuals experiencing emotion regulation difficulties, personality-related presentations, and complex trauma. My DBT work is integrative, relational, and adapted to the individual rather than delivered as a rigid or purely manualised model.
I also hold a Diploma in Hypnotherapy alongside advanced training in transpersonal and mindfulness-based approaches. This allows me to integrate hypnotherapy, mindfulness, and relational awareness where appropriate and ethically indicated.
Alongside formal qualifications, I bring extensive professional and lived-experience knowledge of fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and pain-related conditions, as well as specialist training in ADHD and biopsychosocial intervention, ensuring my work remains neurodivergent-affirming, psychologically informed, and practical.
I maintain professional standards through regular Counselling Supervision, ongoing accredited CPD, reflective practice, and adherence to the ethical frameworks of the BACP and NCPS. This ensures safe, effective, and ethically grounded work across counselling, psychotherapy, supervision, coaching, and mentoring pathways.
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 National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
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
Working With Complexity, Neurodivergence And Emotional Regulation
I work with individuals who experience intense emotions, relationship difficulties, identity struggles, neurodivergence, trauma histories, and long-standing patterns that do not fit neatly into one label. Over many years in private practice, I have supported people who have been given diagnoses such as Borderline Personality Disorder / EUPD, ADHD, Autism, anxiety disorders, trauma-related conditions, and complex emotional dysregulation — as well as those who have never felt fully understood within diagnostic systems.
What connects much of this work is not a diagnosis, but a nervous system that learned to adapt early in order to survive. Emotional intensity, impulsivity, shutdown, anger, overwhelm, fear of abandonment, rejection sensitivity, or difficulty with regulation are not “faults”; they are often meaningful responses shaped by early experiences, neurodivergent wiring, relational trauma, or prolonged stress.
My role is not to reduce people to labels, but to help them understand themselves with clarity and compassion, while developing practical, realistic ways of managing daily life, emotions, and relationships.
My Therapeutic Approach
I bring extensive experience working across emotional dysregulation, neurodivergence (ADHD and Autism), trauma, attachment difficulties, and personality-related presentations. My approach is integrative, relational, and trauma-informed, drawing from psychotherapy, DBT principles, nervous system regulation, mindfulness, and reflective therapeutic work.
I am DBT trained and work in a DBT-informed way when supporting individuals with emotional regulation difficulties, impulsivity, self-destructive patterns, or intense relational reactions. However, my work is not rigid or manualised. It is adapted to the individual, their capacity, their neurotype, and their lived experience.
Therapy focuses on:
Understanding emotional and nervous system responses
Developing regulation and coping skills that actually work
Reducing shame and self-blame
Improving relationships and communication
Supporting neurodivergent needs rather than fighting them
Creating more stability, insight, and choice in day-to-day life
Where appropriate, I also work with partners, family members, or loved ones, supporting them to better understand emotional dysregulation and neurodivergence, and to reduce relational breakdown and burnout.
This is skilled, long-term, depth work, and with the right support, meaningful change is absolutely possible — not by trying to become someone else, but by learning how to live more safely and fully as yourself.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 - £4,000.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Fees, Assessments And Initial Contact
Fees are from £65 onwards, depending on the type of support you are seeking, the nature of the work, and whether this is counselling, psychotherapy, supervision, coaching, mentoring, or integrative pathways.
All new clients are required to attend an Initial Assessment Session prior to commencing ongoing work. This ensures the support offered is appropriate, ethical, and aligned with your needs.
I also offer Workshops, Specialist Programmes, And Other Therapeutic Interventions, which are priced individually. Please contact me to discuss suitability and current fees.
I provide a Free Initial Phone Call (up to 20 minutes). This call is used to briefly discuss what you are looking for and how I might be able to help. Following this call, a full Initial Assessment will be required to proceed.
I strongly recommend visiting my website to gain a fuller understanding of the breadth, depth, and scope of the work I offer.
When I work
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Further information
All work is offered within clear Ethical And Professional Boundaries and in line with the frameworks and standards of the BACP and NCPS. The type of support offered, including Counselling, Psychotherapy, Supervision, Coaching, Mentoring, or Integrative Work, is discussed and agreed following the Initial Assessment.
I work exclusively with UK-based clients who hold a valid UK passport. This ensures appropriate governance, safeguarding, professional accountability, and compliance with UK ethical and regulatory requirements.
Sessions are delivered online or in person, depending on suitability and availability. Session length, frequency, and format are reviewed collaboratively and may adapt as the work develops.
Therapy, Coaching, Mentoring, and the Blue Amber Method™ are intentionally differentiated. Where another service or form of support would be more appropriate, this will be discussed openly and responsibly.
Availability is limited and sessions are offered by appointment only. I recommend visiting my website to gain a clearer understanding of the breadth, depth, and integrative nature of the work before making contact.
