Polly Amies, BACP

Polly Amies brings a long history of supporting people through difficult life moments. She is known by name and credentialed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Polly has worked in a private practice setting and across other services, helping adults, young people and carers over several decades.

Her background includes work with neurodiversity, stress and anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and grief. She describes her approach as warm and caring, and adapts sessions to each person’s needs. Polly emphasises that clients are the experts in their own stories and that personal strengths are central to change.

In sessions she aims to be dynamic and supportive. Conversations tend to focus on what matters to the client and practical steps they can try between meetings. She also uses listening and reflective conversation to help people make sense of painful events and decisions.

Polly draws on person-centred ideas alongside practical techniques from cognitive behavioural and solution-focused approaches when these suit the client. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing tools may also be offered to support coping and motivation.

People contact her about a wide range of issues including eating and sleeping problems, parenting and carer stress, intimacy and sexual culture concerns, addiction, chronic illness and ageing-related worries. She encourages a collaborative process and aims to build a therapeutic relationship that helps clients move forward.

How her methods translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and helping the client lead the conversation. It’s useful for people who want a supportive space to understand feelings and make sense of their story. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, uses clear steps to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical experiments to change patterns, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep issues.

Therapy choices are usually explored together. Polly will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what feels helpful. That way she and the client can decide whether a more reflective, practical or mixed approach suits the issue being worked on.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around daily life, reduce travel time and allow sessions from a familiar setting. It can also let someone choose shorter check-ins or phone-style conversations when that fits better. Registered or accredited professionals, including counsellors and therapists, often find ways to adapt exercises, homework and mindfulness practices for remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.