Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Hello, I’m really glad you are reaching out for help, and look forward to supporting you.
I have been a full time psychotherapy clinician for over ten years, and hope that our time together will give you hope, support positive change, help you to meet your emotional needs and to understand more about yourself and improve your experience with the world around you. I’ve included some more comprehensive information below, regarding my experience and qualifications – to reassure you regarding my capacity to support you and the work upon which this is based.
I look forward to meeting you, soon.
My Experience
I have been leading three, short-term residential wellbeing facilities in Warwickshire for the last decade, and as well as providing therapy for clients, I also supervise teams of therapists and oversee psychological programme development. I work with a wide range of needs and offer proactive therapeutic styles. Working in residential facilities is often complex – and I treat all emotional presentations as a symptom of underlying trauma, or environmental issues. This means going beneath the surface level presentation of behaviour, for example problematic alcohol use, or relationship conflicts, and finding the source – which is sometimes unexpected, but always powerful in its discovery. You can find out more about my work in residential settings by searching for Bayberry Clinic.
As well as working with trauma, anxiety, relationships and ‘stuck’ patterns in emotional needs, I also support people with personal development, careers, life transitions and change. I believe that therapy should be a positive, uplifting and transformative experience – where you are free to talk about whatever you would like, reassured that there will be no judgement
My Training
I have spent many years in graduate and post-graduate study – and particularly specialise in anxiety, panic, ‘stuck’ patterns, fear, relationships and intimacy. I have additional training in memory, metaphor and the use of narrative to address negative thoughts, and offer trauma recovery processes – including addressing phobias.
My clinically specific qualifications are:
MSc (with Merit) in Organizational Psychology – Birkbeck, University of London,
BSc (Hons) (First Class) in Psychology – Arden University
Diploma (with Merit) in Psychotherapy – Human Givens Institute
Graduate Certificate – Philosophy, Ethics, Justice, and Memory – Harvard University
RQTU (Qualified Test User) BPS – Psychometric Testing
I am also an alumna of the Transformative Technology Academy (an initiative of the Stanford University faculty) – exploring new technologies to support mental health and emotional wellbeing – and have pioneered new approaches within my residential clinical programmes. I am currently concluding an MBA, and commence my doctoral research (also at Birkbeck) in January 23.
Professional Memberships and Accreditations:
National Counselling Society – Accredited Counsellor Member
ACC – Accredited Counsellor Member
British Psychological Society – Graduate Basis for Membership (MBPsS)
American Psychological Association – International Affiliate
My Therapy Style
I believe that change can be effected quickly. You should expect to feel progress from the first session – and to get quickly to the source of your needs, and feel empowered within your own therapeutic process. I adapt my style to your needs – and I am non-judgemental, approachable and invested in your progress. I will usually swap some messages back and forth with you before your first session, so that we can make the best use of your time when we speak in person by video session or phone. I’m also happy to work with you entirely via messages if that’s what you prefer. If there is something that you think you might struggle to discuss with me (sometimes people don’t like to relive traumatic events, or vocalise things that distress them) that’s fine – I can still work effectively with you and offer support, even if you feel that there are some things that you don’t want to tell me. In therapy, I am looking to treat you as a whole person – not just try to address a particular situation. By doing that, not only does this support resolution of the issue itself, it also supports you on an ongoing basis in other areas of your life – both now, and in the future.
Wider Range Support
As well as offering core support in terms of emotional wellbeing and positive mental health, my qualifications and experience can be utilised to support you in other, related areas, that may also enhance your wellbeing, as follows:
Career Coaching, Executive and Organisational Development:
As well as being a qualified clinician, I am also a business psychologist and can support with career coaching and executive development. I can help you to contextualise your personal or organisational goals and help you to structure in relation to organisational change, culture and transformation. My Masters’ thesis focussed on my organisational specialism of ‘leadership’ – and as well as being academically qualified, I have been a C-Suite executive for 10 years, and prior to that spent 15 years supporting board directors with vision and strategy.
Wellbeing
We don’t need to be in crisis to focus on our mental health and wellbeing. Addressing and exploring our needs is a highly valuable process for everyone – and wellbeing techniques and resources can help to ensure your continued positive mental wellbeing. I offer psycho-education (learning about the ‘how’ and ‘why’ that things happen – providing a deeper understanding of how we can connect to meaning in our lives) – as well as techniques and methods to proactively support your daily routines. I incorporate these into our sessions, as and when we decide to, as part of our plan.
Why I’m Here
I joined this platform to support my long-held belief that early intervention is the key to emotional wellbeing. I see acute cases daily within my clinics that have, due to time and lack of support, become complex and more traumatic. I hope that offering early stage support in this way will help as many people as possible to avoid years of unnecessary distress.
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Amanda Cooper welcomes people who are ready to seek support and aims to offer practical, compassionate therapy. She has worked full time as a psychotherapy clinician for over ten years and has 13 years of professional experience in the field. Her work is focused on helping clients find hope, address unmet emotional needs, deepen self-understanding, and improve how they relate to the world around them.
For the last decade she has led three short-term residential wellbeing facilities in Warwickshire, where she provides individual therapy, supervises teams of therapists, and oversees the development of psychological programmes. Working in residential settings has given her extensive experience with complex presentations, and she treats many emotional behaviours as symptoms of underlying trauma or environmental factors – looking beneath surface problems such as problematic alcohol use or relationship conflict to find the source of difficulty. More information about her residential work is available by searching for Bayberry Clinic.
Alongside trauma, anxiety and relationship work, Amanda supports people with stuck patterns in emotional needs, intimacy and phobias, personal development, career concerns, and life transitions. She believes therapy should be a positive, uplifting and transformative experience where clients are free to speak without judgement.
Amanda’s professional training spans graduate and post-graduate study with particular specialism in anxiety, panic, fear, relational patterns and intimacy. She has additional training in memory, metaphor and the use of narrative to address negative thoughts, and offers trauma recovery processes including work with phobias.
Her qualifications include a Master of Science (MSc, with Merit) in Organizational Psychology from Birkbeck, University of London, and a Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons, First Class) in Psychology from Arden University. She holds a Diploma (with Merit) in Psychotherapy from the Human Givens Institute, a Graduate Certificate in Philosophy, Ethics, Justice, and Memory from Harvard University, and RQTU (Qualified Test User) status with the British Psychological Society for psychometric testing. She is an alumna of the Transformative Technology Academy, an initiative of Stanford University faculty, and has explored new technologies to support mental health within her residential programmes. She is currently concluding an MBA and was due to commence doctoral research (also at Birkbeck) in January 23.
Amanda is accredited with professional bodies including the National Counselling Society and ACC as an Accredited Counsellor member, holds the Graduate Basis for Membership (MBPsS) with the British Psychological Society, and is an International Affiliate of the American Psychological Association.
Her therapeutic approach is pragmatic and focused on early progress – she believes change can be effected quickly and that clients should expect to feel movement from the first session. Amanda adapts her style to individual needs, remaining non-judgemental, approachable and actively invested in clients’ progress. She will often exchange a few messages before the first appointment to make the best use of session time and is happy to work entirely via messages if that is preferred. She can still work effectively with material that clients find difficult to discuss aloud. Amanda looks forward to meeting you soon.
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