Amie Coates, BACP

Amie Coates welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or low self-esteem. She is clear and direct, and aims to help people find manageable steps forward. Amie addresses trauma and abuse concerns and supports those dealing with relationship breakdowns and life transitions.

Amie uses a blended approach shaped by client-centred work, cognitive behavioural ideas, and emotionally-focused methods. She adjusts conversations and exercises to fit each person rather than following a fixed script. Sessions aim to identify practical coping strategies, shift unhelpful thinking patterns, and strengthen emotional understanding.

Across 17 years of practice, Amie has worked in private practice, schools, further education settings, and with charities. That variety informs a flexible style that suits different needs and schedules. She values respect, sensitivity and treating people as capable of change.

Amie pays particular attention to issues around adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, body image, chronic pain and illness, and caregiver stress. She also helps with separation, domestic violence aftermath, eating and food-related struggles, and financial stress that affects wellbeing.

Therapy sessions are shaped around each person’s goals. Amie supports people to rebuild confidence, process loss, and find clearer direction in midlife or during major life changes. She encourages small, sustainable steps so progress feels realistic and steady.

How Amie’s approaches work online

Amie draws on client-centred work to place the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. This approach focuses on listening, understanding and responding to what matters most to the individual, which helps when people need space to be heard and seen.

She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT provides practical tools to test unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioural experiments, useful for anxiety, mood and stress management.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amie will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then tailor the mix of listening, emotional exploration and practical exercises. The plan is negotiated and can change as needs shift.

Online sessions offer flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are close to an in-person meeting, phone sessions can be quicker or use less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options help people keep continuity of care across different circumstances and locations.