Amy Sercombe - Counselling and Psychotherapy

11/02/2026

Two years ago, I opened the door to my therapy room... A little dream reached. (Actually… a very big one 🥹)

I’ve worked in mental health for over 12 years, practised as a psychotherapist for 10, and been in private practice for 8.

Swipe to see the room where my private practice first began 🙊

This space is more than four walls, it’s where safety is built, where nervous systems soften and where some of the most courageous stories are spoken out loud.

And if little me had known that the experiences she lived through would one day pave the way to this space…

I think she’d feel proud 🤍

09/02/2026

There comes a point where coping costs too much and the body begins to speak on your behalf.

It might show up as a tiredness sleep doesn’t touch.

As physical tension, in the back, shoulders, jaw or stomach.

Headaches.
Chest tightness.

Feeling overwhelmed more easily. Irritability and anger lying closer to the surface.

Struggling to truly relax.
Finding it hard to sit with your own thoughts,
needing distraction just to get through the day.

A quiet disconnection that can look like numbness, zoning out, or feeling like an outsider in your own life.

Where joy feels distant,
and autopilot feels familiar.

This isn’t a sign you’re not strong.
It’s a sign that what you’ve been carrying
was never meant to be carried alone.

If this resonates, you don’t have to hold it by yourself x

✨ Counselling & Psychotherapy
📍 Bristol & Online
💌 amy.sercombe@outlook.com

06/02/2026

Reaching out again isn’t a step backwards, it’s often the step that matters most.

Sometimes when we’ve tried before, it can feel like a setback. It isn’t.
It might actually be guiding you towards support that’s far more suitable, and far more beneficial for you and your story.

💡 Fun fact: when I was training, a requirement was to complete a set number of hours of personal therapy. I didn’t just meet that number, I chose to continue beyond it. And not with the first person I spoke to, but with the person who felt like the right fit.

I’ve witnessed, both personally and professionally, the depth of change that can come from the right timing, connection, and approach in therapy. Not only for you now, but for lasting benefits.

The right therapy doesn’t just support you now, it can shape how you live, relate, and care for yourself long term.

📩 If you’re considering therapy again, you’re welcome to get in touch via message or email...

Warm wishes,
Amy

✨ Counselling & Psychotherapy
📍 Bristol & Online
💌 amy.sercombe@outlook.com

03/02/2026

What people sometimes think counselling is vs what it really is…

Myth:
• Counselling looks backwards
• It dwells on the past
• It doesn’t focus on solutions
• It takes a long time to get to the root cause

Reality:
“I finally care about myself”
“I have healthier ways of coping”
“I feel more like me than ever before”
“My relationships feel so much stronger”
“My younger self would be so proud”
“I’ve just got my dream job”
“I can’t believe this is my life now”
“Things finally make sense”

We can keep putting out fires, or we can ask what’s lighting them…

As an integrative therapist, we don’t only focus on fighting the flames... learning tools for regulation, developing coping strategies, and increasing a sense of safety.

We also explore what’s fuelling the fire, and why it keeps returning or reigniting.

By working with both the here and now and the experiences that shaped you, therapy becomes a place where understanding leads to lasting change. Held by the safety of your own pace, while being gently challenged towards the growth and beauty that can be built from the ashes.

If this is something you've been considering, please feel free to reach out 🫶🏻

✨ Counselling & Psychotherapy
📍 Bristol and Online
💌 amy.sercombe@outlook.com

30/01/2026

Some gentle thoughts as January comes to a close 🫶🏻

Your worth isn’t earned through productivity and perfectionism, it’s learned and reinforced through meeting unmet needs, developing healthier patterns, and allowing yourself to be.

If over time, you've learnt that productivity is where we are praised, chaos is familiar and the only way to strive is via struggle, then anything other can bring about the unease of unfamiliarity.

Growth isn't built through pushing and exhaustion, it's nurtured through safety and support.

I hope your first chapter of the year has been gentle. If safety in calmness feels hard to reach, therapy can be a supportive place to begin ✨

09/01/2026

It’s been so nice being back in the Therapy Room this week after the Christmas break 🫶🏻

If things have felt heavy, you don’t have to hold it all on your own…

💌 I currently have a small amount of availability for new clients. Please send me a message or an email to ask any questions, discuss availability or explore whether this feels like the right time for you,

Warm wishes for 2026,
Amy ✨

22/12/2025

Last night was the last evening of the Grief Support Circle, a group iv had the privilege of facilitating and sharing the space with some incredible people.

Grief isn't something that needs fixing. It needs time, space and safety. Sometimes we don't need a hero, we need a witness. To feel heard and seen.

Some points we explored were;

✨ The 5 stages of grief are interesting to explore, and what's absolutely vital is remembering the "stages" aren't a linear process.

In addition to that, what felt more realistic were other, maybe more unexpected ailments of loss; the numbness, the dissociation or zoning out, the unexpected ways it can show itself, and the warped sense of time, almost like a blur.

✨ Who are we after loss? The impact it has on identity, purpose, relationships and roles.

✨ Grief walks beside you now, it isn't something that can be avoided or cured, it will be with you through the big moments and in the quieter ones too, it will take many different shapes and sizes, but what it will always do, is represent the love, be a reminder of the love, and that is the love that never leaves 🤍

Thank you so much to those who trusted and shared this special space🤍

20/11/2025

There are only 2 spaces left for the Grief Support Circle, please message, call or email to join this really supportive group.

A space to talk and share experiences of grief and loss with others that can truly understand.

You can talk and share as much or as little as you feel comfortable with, you will be supported with your individual experience of loss whilst also covering areas like navigating the soon approaching Christmas period and creating a special memory jar.

I look forward to sharing this special space with you 🤍

NEW DATES 📆

There's only 2 spaces left in this special, therapy lead group, focussing on grief, bereavement and loss.

It's a group to enhance the feeling of safety and connection through shared experiences, whilst lessoning the feeling of isolation.

A chance to heal through collective strength and build connection with others that can truly resonate.

Accompanied by therapeutic insight, a supportive group and refreshments, all within the comfort of my calm and cosy therapy room.

Let's sit beside each other, not to fix but to hold a torch in the darkness, until we begin to feel the light again.

📍Bristol, Lyde Green (bs16)
📅 23rd Nov, 30th Nov, 15th Dec, 21st Dec
🕖 7pm - 8.30pm
✉️ amy.sercombe@outlook.com

The fee for this is £145 for all 4 sessions, each lasting 1.5 hours.

Please either get in contact through direct message or email amy.sercombe@outlook.com

I look forward to sharing this special space with you,

Amy 🤍

Please feel free to share with anyone you feel this may be helpful to x

14/11/2025

The most loveliest lady ❤️ you know those people that feel like pure sunshine, that is Bec 💛

07/11/2025

NEW DATES 📆

There's only 2 spaces left in this special, therapy lead group, focussing on grief, bereavement and loss.

It's a group to enhance the feeling of safety and connection through shared experiences, whilst lessoning the feeling of isolation.

A chance to heal through collective strength and build connection with others that can truly resonate.

Accompanied by therapeutic insight, a supportive group and refreshments, all within the comfort of my calm and cosy therapy room.

Let's sit beside each other, not to fix but to hold a torch in the darkness, until we begin to feel the light again.

📍Bristol, Lyde Green (bs16)
📅 23rd Nov, 30th Nov, 15th Dec, 21st Dec
🕖 7pm - 8.30pm
✉️ amy.sercombe@outlook.com

The fee for this is £145 for all 4 sessions, each lasting 1.5 hours.

Please either get in contact through direct message or email amy.sercombe@outlook.com

I look forward to sharing this special space with you,

Amy 🤍

Please feel free to share with anyone you feel this may be helpful to x

03/11/2025

When we lose someone special, bereavement isn't just loss, it's change, huge, transformative, sometimes unexpected change...

Dates that used to be meaningless, another day like any other, can become a significant part of your year, not just that day, but also the build up to it.

Seeing a robin, a feather, a rainbow or something that reminds you of them, suddenly becomes a "sign," a feeling of comfort or connection.

You begin thinking about the meaning of life, death and everything in between. The curiosity around what we deem to be meaningful in life grows and takes a different shape to before.

And in contrast, the things we may once have considered important may suddenly feel minor or trivial.

The time passed can somehow feel obscure, almost warped. How can the months / years passed feel like yesterday but a life time ago all at once.

Grief can feel like a rippling effect that leaves no cracks and corners of life untouched, but I guess their love did just that so it makes sense their loss does too 🤍

If you can resonate, I've put together a small therapy lead group, focussing on grief, bereavement and loss.

A way of connecting through shared experience ✨

📍Bristol, Lyde Green (bs16)
📅 9th Nov, 23rd Nov, 7th Dec, 21st Dec
🕖 7pm - 8.30pm
✉️ amy.sercombe@outlook.com

For more information and to join us, please either get in contact through direct message or email amy.sercombe@outlook.com

I look forward to sharing this space with you,

Amy ✨