Founder and main practitioner: Amy completed her BSc in Psychology at the School of Psychology, Cardiff University and went on to complete an MSc in Psychology within the same University; subsequently Amy was elected Chair of the Post Graduate Occupational Psychology Committee with the BPS whilst working at the Welsh Psychotherapy Partnership Cardiff. She completed her training in Hypnotherapy with the British Academy of Hypnosis in 2007. She is currently registered with the Division of Coaching Psychology (British Psychological Society) and has over 11 years direct experience of one to one coaching. With Dr Dev Banerjee, Amy created the sleep service in 2012. She now also works as a guest lecturer at the University of South Wales.
Her main areas of interest include sleep coaching and sustainable wellbeing. She has special skills in working with male offenders on probation or in prison within the MOJ. In her evidence-based interventions, she uses CBT, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and MBCT (Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy). It gives her great pleasure to help people with sleep disorders (such as insomnia, sleep anxiety and night terrors), watching them move on and experience more ‘good nights’.
In addition to working with large organisations (her clients have included Westinghouse, JTI International, Renault, Ford and Revlon, SportsWales), Amy has worked extensively on a one-to-one basis. Being supportive, caring and structured are central facets of Amy’s personal coaching style and she will be bringing these qualities to the Cardiff sleep service
Amy had an unusual and exciting childhood, spending her early years living and being educated on a sailing boat with her family so expect to hear her making references to how we can learn from other cultures when it comes to health and wellbeing. This period of travelling throughout the Mediterranean was followed by an education in France.