Amanda Wiggs

Amanda Wiggs is a Mental Health Social Worker (AASW) with 15 years’ experience helping adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or major life changes. She offers calm, practical support for people carrying the effects of trauma, or struggling with depression, relationship strain and caregiving pressures.

Amanda uses a warm, collaborative style. Sessions focus on listening first, then identifying unhelpful patterns and building small, useful skills you can try between meetings. She aims to make therapy feel manageable rather than overwhelming, meeting people where they are in the moment.

Her background includes long experience supporting anxiety, depression, burnout and grief, alongside trauma-related concerns such as family violence, sexual trauma and attachment wounds. Amanda also works with people facing chronic illness or disability, caregiver stress, and challenges linked to military or first responder service.

Therapy draws on a mix of evidence-based techniques tailored to each person. Amanda helps people notice how their thoughts and body respond to stress, develop coping choices, and practise new ways of relating to themselves and others. Progress is tracked in simple, concrete steps so clients can see change over time.

Sessions move at a pace that feels safe for the client, with room to pause and reflect as needed. Amanda’s goal is to support greater emotional resilience, clearer self-understanding and more confidence in everyday life decisions.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy

Amanda draws on a small set of evidence-based techniques adapted to each person’s needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviours to reduce anxiety and low mood. Resource-focused and parts-informed work supports people to access internal strengths and manage difficult memories or reactions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda works with clients to explore what feels most useful, and adjusts methods as goals shift. She helps clients set practical steps and checks in about what is working and what needs to change.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people choose quieter times that suit work or caregiving schedules. Amanda will discuss the best way to work together when you begin the matching and scheduling process.