About Mandy
Mandy Hedges uses a client-centred approach that places the person at the heart of therapy. She creates a calm, approachable setting where people can talk about what is worrying them and begin to feel better. Mandy has 15 years of experience as a counsellor and holds BACP and NCPS credentials.
Her practice focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. She also supports people working through relationship and intimacy issues, eating and body image concerns, and problems with self-esteem.
How Mandy works
Mandy addresses complicated life changes and compassion fatigue as well. In sessions she draws on client-centred listening alongside cognitive behavioural techniques. This means she starts by hearing a person's experience and then helps them spot unhelpful thinking and try small changes.
She also brings elements of Jungian thinking to help people consider deeper patterns in their life. Mandy uses solution-focused ideas to set short-term, practical goals when that suits the person. Therapy can therefore mix exploring feelings, testing new behaviours and agreeing clear steps forward.
She keeps language straightforward and concentrates on what someone can try between sessions. Sessions are offered in English and are provided from the United Kingdom. The aim is to help people find manageable ways to cope, improve relationships with themselves or others, and work towards clearer day-to-day functioning.
Mandy lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Mandy works with
The areas below are the ones Mandy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | BACP, NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Mandy’s approaches work online
Mandy often combines client-centred listening with cognitive behavioural techniques to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviours. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding a person's experience and offering empathic listening so they can find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical exercises to reduce distress and improve coping.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Mandy will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and agree which methods to use. That collaborative process means therapy can shift over time as needs change, staying practical and personalised.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation across distances. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to arrange regular sessions and to keep therapy consistent around daily life.
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