About Polly
Polly Amies is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She draws on four years of formal practice alongside decades of broader experience supporting people in different settings. Polly aims to make first contact feel straightforward and humane for anyone who is anxious about starting therapy.
She works in a warm, person-focused way. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs and goals. Polly prefers plain language and practical steps so conversations stay useful and grounded.
How Polly works
Her work covers a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma and abuse. She also helps people dealing with relationship or intimacy-related issues, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, self-esteem and career pressures. Additional areas of focus include ADHD, neurodiversity, ageing and geriatric issues, chronic illness and body image.
Polly uses approaches such as client-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing and solution-focused work. These give her tools to combine active problem solving with a respectful, listening stance. The emphasis is on helping people notice strengths and try small changes that can make daily life easier.
Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online for people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Polly works with adults and frames her practice around practical support, empathy and collaboration.
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What Polly works with
The areas below are the ones Polly selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Polly’s approaches translate to online therapy
Polly blends client-centred work and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to make online sessions practical and person-focused. Client-centred therapy means she listens closely and follows the person's lead, helping them feel heard and understood. CBT gives simple tools to spot unhelpful thinking and try small behavioural changes that reduce anxiety or low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Polly will discuss options and agree a plan based on a person's needs, preferences and goals. That collaborative process helps decide whether sessions should focus more on listening and reflection or active techniques and homework.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls let conversations feel most like face-to-face work, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or messaging can suit short check-ins, reflective writing or people who prefer not to use a microphone. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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