Amie Coates, BACP

Amie Coates is a licensed therapist based in the United Kingdom with 17 years of professional experience across private practice, schools, further education settings, and contracts supporting charities and their beneficiaries. She works with people facing stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, family breakdown, grief and loss, motivation and low self-esteem, and challenges with confidence, tailoring support to each person’s circumstances.

Her training is in integrative counselling, which means she draws on several therapeutic models to meet individual needs. That blend includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, person-centred principles, play and art therapy techniques, and psychodynamic ideas, used as appropriate to create a personalised plan for therapy. Amie emphasises respect, sensitivity, and compassion in her work and supports clients to exercise autonomy while discovering their own strengths and potential.

Taking the first step toward change can require courage, and Amie aims to provide steady, practical support throughout that process. She holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and uses a collaborative approach to help clients move toward a more fulfilling and resilient life.

Therapeutic approaches and online support with Amie Coates

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own experience, offering a supportive, non-directive space where the therapist reflects and validates feelings so clients can explore identity, self-esteem, and personal growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and offers practical strategies to reduce symptoms of anxiety, stress, and depression and to build coping skills. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) attends to emotional experience and attachment needs, helping clients understand and rework emotional responses that arise from trauma, relationship difficulties, or deep-seated attachment issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; Amie works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences, and adapts the plan as progress develops. This collaborative stance helps ensure therapy feels relevant and useful to each individual.

Online therapy with Amie is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for people with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, mobility limitations, or those living abroad. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to access licensed professionals from different locations while keeping the focus on practical, effective therapeutic work.