Amy Neave, NCPS

Amy Neave is an NCPS-registered counsellor and the founder of Amy's Safe Space, offering online counselling to people aged 15 and above. She creates a calm, compassionate environment where clients can slow down, reflect, and reconnect with their emotions, values, and relationships. Working with a wide range of concerns - including anxiety, depression, stress, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, addictions, ADHD, autism, self-esteem and grief - she helps people make sense of patterns that keep them feeling stuck and supports practical steps toward change.

Amy draws on a gentle, relational style rooted in empathy, active listening, and respect. Her practice is informed by humanistic, solution-focused, and somatic techniques, and she tailors sessions to each person’s pace, needs, and goals. A key focus is exploring attachment patterns and limiting beliefs such as "I’m not enough" or "I have to be perfect," so these narratives can be challenged and replaced with greater self-compassion and clarity.

She has experience supporting neurodivergent clients, including those with ADHD and autism, and aims to offer flexible, respectful ways of thinking and communicating so people do not feel the need to mask who they are. Amy emphasises that acceptance and change can coexist - clients can learn to accept themselves while taking practical steps toward the life they want to build.

Therapeutic approaches Amy brings to online work

Amy often incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being led by them. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and taking meaningful action, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and problems with motivation or avoidance.

Attachment-Based Therapy is another key approach she uses to explore how early relational patterns shape current relationships and emotional life. This work helps people understand attachment styles, improve communication, and build more secure connections with others.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which places the person’s experience at the centre of sessions through empathic listening and unconditional acceptance, supporting growth at the client’s own pace.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Amy will collaborate with each person to identify which methods best suit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting the way she works as understanding deepens.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit therapy around work, study, family commitments, or geographic distance. These options can increase access and consistency so people can engage in meaningful therapeutic work from where they are most comfortable.