Dr Amy Bower

Dr Amy Bower is a Chartered and HCPC registered Counselling Psychologist. She is a member of the British Psychological Society and their Division of Counselling Psychology, and a BPS registered test user. 

 

Amy has extensive experience of individual therapeutic work with adult clients across the lifespan. Amy works with clients online and is committed to providing a safe, empathic and non-judgmental space, promoting curiosity, openness, engagement in collaborative conversations, and building mental health awareness and self-understanding. In her individual client work, she draws on a range of therapeutic modalities including person-centred, CBT and psychodynamic approaches, systemic and integrative work, CFT and ACT approaches, and works in a trauma-informed, person-centred and individualised way, which is tailored to meet the needs of individual clients and also recognises the impact of wider cultural and social factors on mental health. She has worked both short and long term with a range of mental health issues, and has considerable experience of working with neurodivergent adults and young people and adapting therapeutic approaches to reflect this. Amy’s particular areas of therapeutic interest are working with mild-moderate mental health issues including anxiety and depression, the management of life transitions and change, personal identities, workplace stress, and peri- and post-natal care and birth trauma. 

 

Amy also has lots of experience working with children, young people and families in a range of settings. She is experienced in working with parents to support their children with issues around emotion regulation, behaviour management and emotional based School non-attendance, social skills, and risk awareness, particularly in relation to online safety. She can also offer support/coaching to parents around forming positive communication and strategies for use at home, and for more general issues relating to parent/child or family relationships.