Polly Amies, BACP

Polly Amies is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has four years' recent clinical experience and a long background working in therapeutic roles across different settings in the United Kingdom. Polly offers a warm, adaptable style and aims to help people feel heard and understood from the first conversation.

Polly works in a straightforward, person-focused way. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them build on strengths. Sessions are practical and paced to what the client needs, whether that means short-term coaching or longer therapeutic work.

Her practice supports people with common concerns such as stress, anxiety and depression, and more specific issues including trauma, grief and relationship strain. She also helps with eating and sleeping problems, addiction-related worries, self-esteem, and navigating life changes like separation and career shifts.

Polly draws on a range of therapies tailored to the client, including client-centred methods, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness. She uses solution-focused conversations and motivational interviewing when helpful to move things forward. The therapy plan is agreed with the person and adjusted as progress is made.

Sessions can suit people managing long-term health, neurodiversity, aging-related worries, or those exploring sexual and relationship diversity. She aims to make practical steps feel manageable and to help people gain clearer ways of coping and decision making.

How Polly’s approaches translate to online therapy

Polly commonly uses client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness to help people manage their concerns. Client-centred work means the conversation follows what matters to the person and builds on their strengths. Cognitive behavioural techniques focus on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying practical experiments to change patterns. Mindfulness practices bring attention to the present moment and can help with stress, anxiety and sleeping difficulties.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Polly will talk through preferences, goals and what has or hasn’t helped before, and then try methods that fit the person. She adjusts the plan as progress is made so the approach stays useful and relevant.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues similar to face-to-face meetings. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat or text-based messaging can suit quick check-ins, ongoing reflection, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caring responsibilities or mobility limits.