Amanda James

Psychotherapist & Counsellor
Dip Therapeutic Counselling, PG Dip Attachment Theory, Mindfulness, Adv Dip, BACP

Amanda is a highly skilled therapist with over 12 years experience. She can show you ways to gain clarity regarding your concerns and better understand the factors that are holding you back. Amanda can help you gain an enhanced understanding of yourself and others. She can show you effective strategies for coping with difficulties and constructive ways you can progress positively, towards achieving your goals.

Amanda James, counselling, CBT therapy and psychotherapist London. Dip Therapeutic Counselling, PG Dip Attachment Theory, Mindfulness, Adv Dip, BACP.

Amanda works calmly and constructively when helping people in moments of crisis. She utilizes a range of therapies including mindfulness to empower clients in achieving the positive outcomes they are seeking from therapy. Amanda also has specialist experience in working therapeutically with neurodivergence, ADD and ADHD.

Amanda helps individual address a wide range of issues including:

  • Abuse
  • Alcohol misuse
  • Anxiety/Stress
  • Anger management
  • ADD/ADHD
  • Aspergers spectrum
  • Bi-polar issues
  • Career issues
  • Chronic fatigue/ME
  • Depression
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Eating issues/problems
  • Health issues/anxiety
  • Personality disorders
  • Physical pain management
  • PTSD/Trauma
  • Relationship issues
  • Self esteem
  • Self harm
  • Sexual problems
  • Sleep issues
  • Stress Management
  • Substance misuse

Clinical Experience

Amanda has gained her senior level of clinical expertise over the past 13 years, in a range of settings including: private practice, London and Bath Universities and the charity sector. She has delivered a range of mindfulness based stress reduction courses, alongside psycho-education programmes on: health and wellbeing, how to stay calm in a crisis, sleep management, stress management, self-confidence building, work-life balance, emotion regulation, procrastination and perfectionism, neurodivergence, diversity, team building and self-development.

Amanda James Reviews

Career Change, Confidence Building
My experience with Amanda has been nothing short of transformational. I was completely stuck, down in the dumps about my career and not sure how to move forward. Amanda was absolutely brilliant in her approach…Amanda has helped me understand myself, step back and look at the facts around me and increased my confidence hugely….After the first few sessions I had already….
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Anonymous, London
Learn How to Become Emotionally Healthier
Excellent sessions with Amanda, left our time together having learnt so much and in a far healthier place.

Qualifications & Training

Amanda holds a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling; PG Diploma in Attachment Based Therapy; Advanced Diploma in Integrative Supervision; Mindfulness Teaching Cert. She has additional training in CBT, solution focused therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, trauma, bereavement, anger management, sexual issues, group dynamics, working therapeutically with ADD & ADHD and equality & diversity. Amanda holds professional recognition and accreditation with the BACP

Amanda is also a qualified Yoga teacher.

Amanda’s Fees

£130 per Individual Therapy session

Fees are charged on a per session basis.
a standard session lasts 50 minutes.

Paying via Insurance

Amanda is a registered provider of counselling and psychotherapy for Healthcare Insurance companies including Allianz and BUPA Global (not BUPA UK).

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Quality Standards

Our hand-selected therapists have trained in the UK’s most respected institutions. They hold a minimum of 8 and up to 30 years clinical experience within the NHS, private and/or charitable sectors. They are registered with: