About Amber
Amber Sexton is a BACP counsellor with five years' practice in the United Kingdom. She offers a calm, steady presence and starts by listening closely to what matters most to each person. Sessions aim to help people make sense of difficult experiences and to find practical ways forward at their own pace.
Amber uses a mix of evidence-informed approaches to guide work on anxiety, depression, loss, relationship and intimacy concerns, and stress.
Background and approach
She also works with issues such as grief, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, eating and sleeping problems, and ADHD-related difficulties. Her background includes several roles in community and NHS-linked services that shaped her practical style. In the therapy room she focuses on building trust and a straightforward working relationship.
Conversations are collaborative and paced to suit the client. Amber uses goal-focused tasks and reflective dialogue to build understanding and change unhelpful patterns. She draws on training that includes a BSc (Hons) in counselling and a Foundation Degree in Science Counselling, plus focused continuing professional development on crisis planning and working with shame.
Her BACP registration is noted as a professional credential. People who value a warm, relational approach tend to find her helpful. The work is down-to-earth and practical, with attention to values, coping skills and clearer communication.
Sessions are arranged to fit individual needs and goals.
How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression and for coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing different ways of behaving to change mood and stress. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and stress management.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amber will discuss different methods and agree on what feels most helpful for each person. Sessions are collaborative and adjusted over time based on the client's goals and progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit shorter, bite-sized conversations or people who prefer written reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or caring commitments and to keep continuity when life is busy.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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