Amanda Burbidge Counselling | Integrative Counselling in Dorset & Somerset

“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
Anais Nin

Counselling in Stoford and Ilminster in Somerset with a qualified and experienced practitioner. I offer most types of counselling, using an integrative approach (including CBT):

Stress and anxiety Counselling
Couples and Marriage Counselling
Addiction, including drug misuse, Counselling
Mental Health Counselling
Bereavement Counselling
Miscarriages and Stillbirth Counselling
Anger Counselling
Specialist treatment for those accused or charged with sexual offending
Other counselling (view the full list)

In life, problems and difficulties create emotional disturbances within our minds, leaving us to question, wonder and worry about our feelings/emotions, thoughts and behaviours, whilst at the same time trying to function in our day to day lives. These thoughts, feelings/emotions and behaviours may cause us to have emotions never experienced or acknowledged before.

Counselling and Psychotherapy are also known as Talking Therapies. As a counsellor I work within a confidential, ethical setting alongside you, providing support that honours you as a unique individual.

My name is Amanda Burbidge, I welcome you to my website. I am an integrative Counsellor offering appropriate individual therapies targeted at your own personal needs.

This is an opportunity for me to accompany you on your self-exploration journey, supporting you whilst also ensuring you feel safe and able to explore your thoughts, feelings/emotions and behaviours in an honest and secure environment.

I offer face to face, e-mail or telephone counselling. You may find me on the Counselling Directory or on the BACP. If you are considering counselling please contact me here.

Amanda Phillips

08:31 22 Apr 20

I’ll keep this short - if you need a counsellor Amanda Burbidge is your person. Empathetic and discerning, while also down to earth and practical. Boy does she know her stuff!!

Mike Braunholtz

14:23 09 May 19

Amanda is an excellent counsellor and helped me enormously whilst I was seeing her last year. I have been through a number of issues in my life and Amanda was quickly able to identify some of the main problems and help me work through them and set me the number of exercises, new habits and targets which I'm still using to assist me in my progress. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Amanda services to anyone else and look forward to seeing her again in the future

Gary Lowe

17:25 03 May 19

i contacted Amanda regarding counselling for bipolar and anxiety. even though my appointment was not for 2 weeks all she was pushing for was for me to transfer the 45 ponds straight away. She then went on to tell me that she did not think i was committed enough as it was my partner who sent the email even though i explained i asked my partner to send the email on my behalf. She kept pushing to prove my commitment i must pay the money as soon as possible and proceeded to give me her bank details and then kept saying i must pay before we can discuss anything else. Overall the whole experience has left me frustrated and disgusted to be treated in this way while feeling at my lowest.

Katy Palmer

20:13 26 Mar 18

When I started counselling with Amanda I was skeptical as to whether i would gain anything from it, but she helped me deal with several things I was struggling with at the time and helped me improve my own social skills.

A DT

15:46 16 Feb 18

I approached Amanda for counselling 12 months ago due to several dependency and severe anxiety issues. I was very nervous and apprehensive regarding entering into counselling and had to summon the courage to attend for the first few appointments. Amanda was very patient and I quickly felt more at ease and comfortable discussing several very sensitive issues. She listened quietly as I spoke, did not interrupt me and posed questions to me that (unbeknown to me at the time) led me to explore my thoughts and feelings and helped me to reach clarity in certain areas I was struggling with. Her counselling is extremely professional, always conducted at my chosen pace with non judgement and compassion. It was important to myself that I ‘warmed’ to my counsellor and I find Amanda to be a caring and incredibly affable counsellor who takes her role seriously and with sensitivity. I have found my experience with Amanda to be hugely beneficial and could not recommend her highly enough.

Rosemary Mitchell

13:45 15 Feb 18

I started counselling about a year ago now i felt very apprehensive about counselling as I’ve never been through this before but once I started to talk my nerves went I’ve had a lot issues that have come up through the counselling sessions but I would say that with the counselling we go at the clients pace and it’s a place that you can really open up in.It is completely confidential.I would say that having counselling it has helped me to understand me as a person more and to explore how I can improve on some of my ways I think. If anybody is considering counselling I would definitely recommend Amanda