Amy Butterworth, BACP

Amy Butterworth is a BACP counsellor who helps people coping with big life changes and losses. She meets people where they are and aims to create a warm, accepting space. Her way of working is collaborative and person-centred, so clients decide the pace and focus of sessions.

She uses a blend of approaches tailored to each person rather than a single method. That can mean talking things through, noticing how thoughts and behaviours connect, and building practical steps to manage stress or anxiety. Amy often supports people facing pregnancy and postnatal difficulties, miscarriage, baby loss and related grief.

Amy has five years of counselling experience in private practice and nine years of maternity experience within the NHS. She is BACP registered and is an accredited practitioner with the Foundation for Infant Loss. Those experiences inform her approach to birth trauma, antenatal and postnatal concerns, and grieving processes.

Her personal experience as a carer for a child with special educational needs and disability has shaped an interest in neurodiversity, including autism and ADHD. She works with parents and carers dealing with the stresses that come from supporting family members with SEND.

Clients can expect a gentle, non-judgemental tone and a focus on what matters to them now. Amy may draw on acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking and emotion-focused methods alongside client-centred conversation to help people find coping strategies and clearer choices.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Amy draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy alongside a client-centred way of working. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting pushed around by them, then choose actions that match their values; it can help with anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early patterns of relating can affect current relationships and feelings of safety, which can be useful for intimacy, relationship and family concerns. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and following the client's lead to help people feel heard and decide what matters next.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amy treats approach selection as a collaborative process. She will discuss goals and try methods that fit the person's needs and preferences, adjusting as the work progresses rather than prescribing a single route from the outset.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow a shorter check-in when needed, or remove travel time so more consistent work can happen. Many people find it simpler to keep momentum and access support from their everyday environment, and the therapist will help decide how to make sessions practical and helpful.