Polly Amies, BACP
Polly Amies is a counsellor working from the United Kingdom who brings a long personal history of supporting people through hard times.
About Polly
Polly Amies is a counsellor working from the United Kingdom who brings a long personal history of supporting people through hard times. She holds BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) recognition and has four years of recent practice experience. Polly writes plainly and meets people where they are, offering calm, practical support for stress and anxiety and other concerns.
Her background includes many years of informal and formal support roles with adults and young people, and she has used that experience to shape a independent practice approach.
Background and approach
She helps people with depression, relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues around identity and intimacy. Her work also covers difficulties such as sleeping problems, eating concerns, addictive behaviours and compassion fatigue. Polly uses a mix of ways to work with people depending on the issue and the person.
That can include client-centred listening, cognitive approaches to change unhelpful thinking, mindfulness for managing strong emotions, motivational techniques to build momentum, and trauma-focused work when past harm needs attention. She keeps sessions practical and grounded. Sessions are delivered remotely in English by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
International clients can be seen and subscription-based sessions are used, which you can cancel at any time. Polly aims to create a warm, adaptive environment where people feel understood and able to try small changes. She treats each person as the expert on their life and works alongside them to set realistic goals and steps forward.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 393613 | May 2026 |
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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 Polly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Polly names
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused 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 therapeutic approaches work online
Polly commonly uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people address the impact of past harm. This approach focuses on understanding how difficult events affect feelings and behaviour, and on building new ways to manage distress. It can be helpful for those who want to work directly on memories or reactions linked to trauma.She also draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which puts the person’s experience first. Sessions focus on listening, understanding and reflecting so people can find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is another common tool she uses to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical exercises to change them.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Polly will talk through goals, preferences and needs and suggest which methods to try. That choice is collaborative and can be adapted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions suit lower bandwidth or hands-free check-ins, live chat works for shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible for work, travel or fitting sessions around family life.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Polly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, sleep and eating issues, ADHD and many related life challenges.
How would you describe her way of working?
Polly offers warm, practical counselling that adapts to each person. She uses client-centred listening alongside cognitive and mindfulness techniques to help people make changes.
What is her professional background?
She brings decades of experience supporting people in various roles and has four years of recent practice experience in her own personal work.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
Polly is recognised by the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can I see her if I live outside the UK?
Yes. Sessions are available to international clients and are conducted in English.
What session formats are offered?
She works by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexibility in how people connect.
How much does it cost to work with her?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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