Amy Butterworth, BACP
Amy Butterworth is a counsellor who helps people facing loss, anxiety and major life changes.
About Amy
Amy Butterworth is a counsellor who helps people facing loss, anxiety and major life changes. She meets clients where they are and aims to create a calm, accepting space to talk. Amy uses straightforward language and a warm approach so people can go at their own pace.
She works in a person-centred way and often blends other useful techniques. That means sessions can focus on what matters most to the client, whether that is grief, parenting strain, or stress at work.
Background and approach
Amy emphasises listening first, then offering practical steps that feel right for each person. Amy holds BACP accreditation, which reflects professional registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has five years of counselling experience in addition to nine years working in maternity roles within the NHS.
That background shaped her interest in birth trauma, pregnancy loss and antenatal and postnatal difficulties. Her areas of focus also include trauma and abuse, ADHD and autism-related concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, sleep and eating difficulties, and compassion fatigue. She works with people facing long-term health problems, caregiving stress, and challenges around adoption, attachment and blended families.
Amy often supports parents and carers who live with the demands of caring for someone with special educational needs and disabilities. She prefers a collaborative approach and will adapt methods to match a person’s goals and life context.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 386980 | February 2027 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Amy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Amy names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How Amy’s approaches work online
Amy uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas alongside a person-centred way of working. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being controlled by them, and supports taking steps that match personal values. Attachment-Based ideas focus on patterns in relationships and how early connections shape current struggles, which can help with intimacy and parenting concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amy will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. That collaborative planning means techniques are chosen to match the problem, whether it is trauma, grief, stress or caregiving strain.
Online sessions use video calls, phone appointments, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer, face-to-face style conversations while phone calls can fit around work breaks or need less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection, or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
Frequently asked
What kinds of difficulties does Amy work with?
Amy supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression. Other concerns include parenting stress, ADHD, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, sleep and eating problems, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She works in a person-centred way and blends approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The emphasis is on listening first, then suggesting practical steps that fit the client's needs.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Amy has five years of counselling experience plus nine years working in maternity roles for the NHS. That mix contributes to her understanding of birth trauma, pregnancy loss and antenatal and postnatal concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions delivered?
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and routines.
How does payment and pricing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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