Amanda Cooper, NCPS

Amanda Cooper helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, ADHD and the lasting impact of trauma. She also supports those facing career changes, compassion fatigue, sleep problems and low self-esteem. Amanda brings a practical, result-focused approach to therapy and aims to make sessions feel calm and productive from the start.

She has worked as a full-time psychotherapist for 13 years, including leading short-term residential wellbeing facilities in Warwickshire where she provided therapy and supervised teams. That hands-on experience means she is used to complex presentations and to finding underlying causes behind behaviours such as substance use or repeated relationship conflict. Amanda looks beneath surface symptoms to help people understand what drives them.

Amanda’s background includes postgraduate study in organisational psychology and psychotherapy, and she has additional training in memory, metaphor and narrative techniques. She has used trauma recovery processes and approaches that address phobias and related fears. Her academic work has informed therapeutic programme development in residential settings.

In sessions she aims for early, noticeable progress and adapts her style to individual needs. She is non-judgemental and approachable, and often exchanges brief messages ahead of a first appointment so the face-to-face time is focused and useful. People may work by video, phone, live chat or messaging depending on preference.

Amanda holds the NCPS credential and is based in the United Kingdom. Her practice includes work with a broad range of concerns including BDSM and kink contexts, blended family issues, chronic illness, codependency, communication problems, domestic violence, fertility worries and coping with loss and separation.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Therapy with Amanda draws on evidence-based techniques that focus on undoing stuck patterns and addressing trauma-related responses. Narrative and metaphor-based methods help people reframe negative stories about themselves and shift unhelpful thinking. These approaches are useful for anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship patterns.

She also uses trauma recovery processes that focus on gradual, manageable steps to reduce fear and reactivity. This can involve targeted work on phobias or on memories that continue to cause distress, helping people feel more able to face everyday life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda will discuss options and adapt methods to fit a person’s goals, pace and comfort. That decision is collaborative and revisited as progress is made.

Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules. Video allows a full face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging works well for shorter check-ins or when written reflection helps. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities or travel, while still allowing consistent, structured support from a registered professional.