Amy Butterworth, BACP

Amy Butterworth is a BACP counsellor who offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people facing difficult life moments. She meets clients where they are and aims to help them feel heard and accepted. Amy often supports people coping with grief, pregnancy and postnatal challenges, relationship strain, anxiety and stress. She also works with concerns such as addiction, sleep and eating difficulties, low self-esteem and coping with life changes.

Amy uses a person-centred foundation and mixes in other approaches when helpful. She describes her practice as holistic, collaborative and pluralistic, which means she adapts to each person’s needs rather than following one fixed method. Sessions focus on what matters to the client and move at a pace that feels right for them.

She has five years of counselling experience alongside nine years working in maternity services within the NHS. That background informs her interest in pregnancy, birth trauma, miscarriage, baby loss and postnatal difficulties. Amy is also an accredited practitioner with the Foundation for Infant Loss.

Personal experience as a carer has led her to learn more about autism spectrum conditions and ADHD, and she welcomes conversations with parents and carers about those challenges. Her practice includes attention to attachment issues, abandonment and blended family dynamics when relevant to the person in front of her.

Amy works in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English. Before booking, people should confirm the current session formats and scheduling details to make sure they fit their needs.

How Amy’s approaches can work online

Amy integrates person-centred practice with targeted methods to help people untangle specific problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is about noticing difficult thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that match personal values; it can help with anxiety, stress and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of relating and emotional safety, which can be useful for intimacy-related issues and attachment concerns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours to alter unhelpful patterns and manage mood and anxiety.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Amy aims to agree a plan together, drawing on her person-centred stance while adding techniques from ACT or CBT when they fit a person's goals. She will discuss options and tailor methods to the client’s needs and preferences in a collaborative way.

If you are considering online therapy, check the current session formats before booking so you know what is available. Many people find remote sessions easier to fit into busy days, allow shorter check-ins, or avoid travel time. Discussing how a session will run is straightforward and helps make appointments suit everyday life.