Counsellor profile
Polly Amies, BACP
Counsellor - stress and relationships
See online counselling options- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
About Polly
Polly Amies is a counsellor and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has four years of recent practice and a long background supporting adults, young people and families in a range of therapeutic settings across the United Kingdom.
Polly works with common problems such as stress, anxiety and depression. She also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and concerns around addiction and self-esteem. She lists work with neurodiversity, ADHD and geriatric issues among her additional focus areas.
Her approach draws on client-centred practice alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques. Sessions are described in everyday terms and aim to look at what is happening now, what has helped before, and practical steps forward. Polly places emphasis on the person’s strengths and perspectives during the conversation.
Polly has experience supporting people with eating and sleeping difficulties, chronic illness and caregiver stress. She also notes work with blended family issues, communication problems, divorce and domestic violence. These are handled alongside conversations about career, burnout and compassion fatigue.
She offers support in English and accepts international clients. Fees vary with location and are delivered through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, prospective clients are invited to use the site matching button, complete a short questionnaire and book a first session.
Therapeutic approaches and online counselling
Polly combines client-centred work with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness techniques. Client-centred work means the counsellor listens without directing and helps people reflect on their own experience. CBT looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and offers practical ways to try things differently. Mindfulness work brings attention to the present moment and simple practices to reduce stress and support sleep and anxiety.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Polly will work together with the client to decide which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. That choice can change over time, and sessions often blend more than one way of working to match what the person wants to focus on.
Session formats are not listed explicitly here, so please confirm the options before booking. Online counselling can help fit therapy into everyday life by making it easier to schedule sessions around work, reducing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when that is helpful. It can also make it simpler to use mindfulness exercises between sessions and to try practical CBT tasks in daily settings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety and depression and also supports people with relationship, grief, trauma and addiction concerns.
What style of therapy does she use?
Her work mixes client-centred listening with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of recent practice and many years of earlier experience supporting adults, young people and families in therapeutic settings.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Please confirm current session options before booking by checking the online counselling options on the site.
How are fees handled?
Fees vary with location and are managed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.