Amanda Kwesiga, BACP

Amanda Kwesiga offers supportive, person-centred counselling for people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and a range of life challenges. She works in a relational way, placing the therapeutic relationship at the heart of the work and creating a warm, empathetic space without judgment where clients can be heard and understood.

Amanda is a qualified counsellor registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Her person-centred training informs her core approach, which recognises that each person is the expert on their own experience. She aims to work at a pace that feels right for the individual and to hold regular reviews so the work stays aligned with personal goals.

While grounded in client-centred practice, Amanda draws on elements from other approaches when that benefits the client. Her experience includes supporting people affected by trauma, including victims of domestic abuse, stalking and coercive control, as well as working with various mental health diagnoses and people affected by alcohol or drug dependency. She has also supported clients dealing with work concerns, questions of faith, and disenfranchised grief where a loss may not be publicly validated.

Amanda specialises in areas such as self-esteem, relationships and family issues, addiction, parenting, grief and coping with life changes. She also works with concerns including abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency, isolation, guilt and shame, and post-traumatic stress. She is committed to walking alongside clients as they take important steps toward change and to building an honest, open therapeutic relationship that supports their priorities.