Amanda Jefferies

I can offer a certain amount of flexibility to my working week.  Please just ask.

I will endeavour to reply promptly to all enquiries, if you have not heard from me within 5 working days, please check your junk mail as my emails have ended up in there before!

Hi, I am an accredited counsellor and I am able to work with all age groups.  In my extensive experience I have worked in the NHS and with a Grief Charity with children and young people.  I have also had a number of years working with adults working in various other settings.  

I can work in a solution focussed way or longer term depending on what you need.  I can use different modalities of counselling to help you achieve your goals.  I work with a variety of mental health issues including -  stress and anxiety, depression, Autism, sexuality and gender issues, self harm, anger management, trauma, loss and grief and relationship difficulties to name a few.

As your Counsellor, I believe that you are the expert and my job is to appreciate how you experience the world and the challenges that may bring. Listening to you and working together we can look at the difficulties you may be facing.  Being non-judgemental and supportive I will create a safe space for you to explore thoughts and feelings.

Initially we will have a phone conversation which will help me understand what your needs are.  During the second session we will complete a virtual assessment, which normally takes no more than 50 minutes.  This gives me the chance to learn some more about you and ensure that I am best placed to support you. I appreciate there are lots of counsellors out there so finding one that you feel comfortable with is really important.