Amanda Blok, BACP

Amanda Blok is a BACP-registered therapist practicing in the United Kingdom with 15 years of professional experience. She supports people coping with stress and anxiety, navigating relationship and family conflicts, and recovering from trauma and abuse. Amanda works from a client-centered perspective, offering a non-judgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored openly and honestly. She understands that deciding to seek change requires courage and aims to walk alongside clients as they identify what matters to them and build practical ways to feel more fulfilled and resilient. Amanda emphasizes collaboration, helping clients set goals and develop strategies that fit their individual circumstances. Her approach is steady and empathetic, focused on helping each person find clearer ways to understand themselves and move forward.

BACP indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, reflecting professional affiliation and adherence to relevant standards of practice.

Client-Centered Care and Online Support

Amanda works primarily using client-centered therapy, an approach that places the client's perspective at the heart of the work. This method focuses on listening with empathy, helping people articulate their feelings and priorities, and supporting clients to make their own decisions about change. It is well suited to issues like stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, and recovery from trauma because it emphasizes understanding and personal growth.

In practice Amanda partners with clients to identify what matters most to them and to explore different ways forward. Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process - she will work collaboratively with each person to determine which techniques and pace best match their needs, goals, and preferences.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to access that collaborative work. Sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing people to choose what feels most comfortable and convenient. This flexibility makes it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to maintain continuity of care across different locations while working with registered professionals and therapists committed to supporting personal change.