Counselling in Tonbridge and Online Across the UK
If you’re feeling stuck, going through change, or caught in repeating patterns, counselling offers space to understand what’s happening and find a clearer way forward.
No obligation. Just a chance to see if working together feels right.
Does any of this sound familiar?
Feeling stuck or unsure what direction life is taking
Wanting things to change but unsure how
Noticing the same patterns repeating in relationships or emotions
Carrying past experiences that still affect you
Doubting yourself or lacking confidence
Many people come to counselling at exactly this point.
How counselling can help you move forward
Through counselling people often:
Gain insight and awareness
Develop tools to cope with challenges
Feel more confident in decisions
Become kinder towards themselves
Break patterns keeping them stuck
Move forward with greater confidence
Counselling in Tonbridge or Online
In Person Counselling in Tonbridge
Face-to-face counselling in Tonbridge, offering a calm, confidential space where you can slow down, reflect and feel truly heard.
Outdoors through walk and talk sessions
Walk and talk counselling in Tonbridge, combining gentle movement and nature with therapeutic support, if being outside feels more comfortable for you.
Online via Zoom across the UK
Online counselling via Zoom, available across the UK, giving you flexible and accessible support from the comfort of your own home.
What happens when
you get in touch?
Book a free 30-minute Zoom consultation.
Send me a message through my contact form or email me to share a little about what’s brought you here. I’ll arrange a free, no-obligation Zoom call so we can explore whether we’re a good fit to work together.
Arrange an initial session if it feels right.
If we’d both like to continue, I’ll send some brief paperwork and arrange an initial assessment to understand your needs and what you hope to gain.
Continue with sessions supporting the changes you want.
We’ll work together in a way that suits you – whether that’s short-term counselling, therapeutic coaching, or another format – at a pace that feels right for you.
If I’m not the right fit, I’m happy to discuss other options for you
A bit about me
I’ve worked as a counsellor since 2003, supporting people through many life challenges.
What matters most to me is creating a space where you feel safe enough to talk honestly and supported as you find your way forward.
The free consultation helps us both see if working together feels right.
What Clients Say
"Amanda helped me SO much!!"
I saw her for some weeks in the immediate aftermath of a divorce following a 30yr marriage, when I was feeling disorientated and disconnected from my emotions and needs. The sessions really helped me to access what I was feeling and understand why and moved me gently toward some vital conclusions about the way I wanted and needed to live through this disrupted period of my life. The therapy was key in enabling me to remain at work and fulfil the other demands of my life while feeling heard and growing in my own self-understanding.
- GC, Surrey
"Amanda always provides a warm and safe place."
After having counselling for 2years in relation to loss, a suggestion was made that I might benefit further from exploring the Enneagram with Amanda, who after conducting a Typing Session accepted me for Type1 work combined with any therapy arising from that. This has resulted in regular online sessions involving exploring and analysing Type patterns often with helpful accompanying diagrams and with carefully guided meditations and visualisations, leading to changes of perception, and new ways of understanding the past and of moving forward.
Amanda always provides a warm and safe place. She listens carefully, responds thoughtfully showing empathy and compassion especially when sharing ideas for behavioural challenges - something I’ve learned to appreciate!
- Linda, Sevenoaks
"A hugely valuable experience for me"
Working with Amanda over a period of 4 months was a hugely valuable experience for me. I was impressed by her deep knowledge of theory and the way she translated that knowledge into practical, thoughtful guidance. She listened actively and carefully, and her methodical approach helped me explore patterns in my thoughts, relationships, and behaviour with a new sense of clarity.
One aspect I particularly appreciated was how she incorporated the Enneagram into her work. It gave me a helpful framework for better understanding myself and my interactions with others. Throughout the process, she was consistent, empathetic, and focused, creating a space where I felt both supported and challenged in a productive way. I left our run of sessions with insights that have continued to be helpful.
- William, North London
"I quickly felt comfortable to explore the future"
Amanda supported me through a period where I was trying to make a very difficult and life changing decision. She always created a safe space for me during our sessions, building trust and I quickly felt comfortable to explore the future and build confidence in myself to take action. She is always well prepared and also flexible during our time together suggesting techniques and extra reading all of which have been very useful in my journey.
- Helen, Cambs
"I would highly recommend Amanda as a supervisor"
I would highly recommend Amanda as a supervisor, having worked with her in this capacity for just over two years when I began my training as an integrative counsellor.
From the warm welcome to the supported transition to a new supervisor with different specialisms, I have felt held, encouraged, seen and gently challenged. It is incredible to reflect on how anxious and insecure I was as a counsellor at the start, compared to the newly qualified counsellor I became, growing in confidence and loving the work.
Amanda found creative ways to help me understand trickier concepts such as transference, counter-transference and projection, increasing my awareness of self, as well as practical exploration on issues such as note-keeping and safeguarding.
She has given me the confidence to stretch and challenge myself, with guidance when needed, and bringing empathy, wisdom and humour to our sessions.
I greatly miss working with Amanda but will never forget all that I have learned from her.
- C.G (Supervisee)
FAQs
Helpful information about counselling in Tonbridge, counselling online, the sessions, and what to expect.
What can counselling help with?
Counselling can help with a whole range of things. I use a trauma in formed approach to meet you at your point of need, whether you are going through a change in life, or find yourself stuck in repeating patterns, find yourself struggling to move forward and see the change that you long for.
How many sessions will I need?
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What happens in the free 30 minute consultation?
The free 30 minute consultation is a really good way of meeting one another without any obligation or pressure. In this time, you can explain what it is that is bringing you to counselling and what you would like to get out of it, you will also probably get a ‘feel’ or a gut sense of whether working together would be right for you. I will be able to tell you whether I think my skills and expertise are the right match for your needs. If not. I will happily offer insight into what might be a more suitable option for you.
Do you work online?
I work online, outdoors and in person
What if we’re not a good fit?
I know how important it is to get the right ‘fit’. This the advantage of the free 30-minute consultation where we get to meet with no obligation or pressure to have sessions afterwards. I really believe in you finding a good match so I would positively support you following your instincts in this. If I feel I am not best suited to work with you, I am happy to offer insights of other approaches or even therapist colleagues that might suit you better.
How do I book?
Simply email me at info@thegroundedheart.co.uk or use the contact form. I look forward to hearing from you.
A conversation is a good place to start
You don’t need everything figured out before getting in touch. We can begin with a conversation and see what might help.
Amanda Hedger (The Grounded Heart), offers in person counselling in Tonbridge and the surrounding areas and online across the UK.
About me
Services
What to expect
