Amy Polson

Amy Polson works with people who feel lost, disconnected, overwhelmed or who are struggling with self-esteem, offering a steady presence as they explore what is happening in their lives. She does not claim to have all the answers but aims to help clients carry difficult feelings and walk alongside them as they figure things out together.

Her primary intention is to support people in coming home to themselves. She greets new clients with warmth, non-judgement, attentive listening and curiosity about what makes each person unique, and she collaborates with clients to shape an approach that fits their needs and preferences.

Amy is a fully qualified and BACP registered counsellor and psychotherapist based in Scotland, UK. She has a background in education and mental health support and has worked in private practice for the past 3 years. She has experience supporting people with stress, trauma, anxiety, depression, OCD and intrusive thoughts, motivation, self-esteem and self-worth, relationship issues, neurodivergence (ADHD & Autism), LGBTQ+ related concerns, women’s issues, grief, existential questions and life transitions, self-harm, and body image.

Her formal training includes a BACP-accredited diploma in Counselling and a Post-graduate Certificate in Pluralistic Psychotherapy. She has also undertaken additional training and ongoing professional development in trauma-informed work with survivors of sexual violence, mindfulness, parts work, and somatics and embodiment.

Amy has a particular interest in working with people exploring gender, sexuality or relationship diversity - including non-monogamy and kink - highly sensitive people and those with complex or developmental trauma, and anyone seeking to deepen self-awareness, self-acceptance and self-compassion. Regardless of background or experience, she welcomes people who feel they might be a good fit for her way of working.

Her practice is relational, prioritising a warm, supportive, non-judgemental and authentic therapeutic relationship while maintaining clear professional boundaries for safety and wellbeing. She works collaboratively and integratively, drawing on different therapeutic approaches as needed and checking in throughout the work to reflect and adjust. Amy is trauma-informed and aims to support clients to connect with their strengths, agency and choices, with an understanding of how trauma can affect thinking, behaviour, relationships, the body and a sense of stability. She also takes a holistic view, recognising how broader social and systemic forces such as capitalism, racism and gender norms can shape a person’s experience, and she honours the many ways people find healing beyond therapy, including community, culture, creativity and connection to nature.

If her approach resonates, Amy welcomes contact and is ready to meet people with genuine care, curiosity and compassion. She invites those interested to take the next step one small step at a time.