Amanda Cooper

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.