Amanda Wiggs, AASW

Amanda Wiggs is a Mental Health Social Worker (AASW) with 15 years' experience helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression and major life changes. She supports carers and others who feel exhausted, overwhelmed or disconnected from themselves. Amanda offers a calm, accepting space to pause and work through what matters most to you.

Her style is warm and collaborative. Conversations are straightforward and focused on what you want to change. She listens for patterns that keep causing pain and helps you build simple, practical tools to manage feelings day to day.

Amanda has a long history of supporting people affected by trauma and abuse, family violence, attachment wounds and PTSD. She also works with those facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, first responder challenges and issues that can arise in midlife. Her aim is to help clients feel steadier and more able to handle difficult situations.

She adapts her approach to each person. Amanda uses a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to the issues you bring. Sessions move at a pace you find comfortable and focus on real steps you can use between meetings.

Many clients come for help with relationships, low self-esteem, grief and navigating big transitions. Amanda’s work emphasises building emotional resilience, increasing self-understanding and creating practical changes that fit your life.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Amanda draws on several evidence-based methods to help people manage symptoms and rebuild a sense of safety. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match your values, useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and gives practical exercises to change patterns that maintain distress. Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed approaches and parts work help you understand different parts of yourself and how they respond to stress or past hurt.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. Amanda works collaboratively to match methods to your goals, needs and pace. She explains options and adapts techniques as you go so the work feels useful and manageable.

The practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into busy days and reduced travel time, which can make it simpler to keep continuity of care. Different formats may suit different needs, so confirm current session options before booking. This helps ensure timing and the session style fit with your everyday routine and commitments.