Blue Amber Counselling Psychotherapy and Holistic Therapies

Blue Amber Counselling Psychotherapy and Holistic Therapies Trauma-informed, neurodivergence-aware, and holistic practitioner. It meaningfully informs my work with neurodivergent individuals, couples, and families.

Integrative counselling, psychotherapy and hypnotherapy, with ADHD and autism coaching and mentoring, Reiki, and professional supervision for student and qualified counsellors. About Me

I am a fully qualified Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist, with extensive experience in private practice since 2011. Over the course of my career, I have undertaken continuous professional development and additional specialist training across counselling, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, coaching, and supervision. My work is integrative, trauma-informed, and neurodivergence-aware, drawing on evidence-based and holistic approaches tailored to the individual. I work collaboratively, with a strong emphasis on safety, emotional regulation, insight, and meaningful, sustainable change. Lived and Professional Experience

Alongside my professional training, I have ADHD and Autism (ASD). This lived experience provides a deep, practical understanding of neurodivergence, identity, regulation, masking, burnout, and systems-based challenges. I also live with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), diagnosed in 2011. Having navigated chronic pain and fatigue for most of my life, I bring a grounded, realistic understanding of pacing, identity loss, invisibility, and long-term condition management. Motivated by this experience, I founded the Fibromyalgia Somerset Online Facebook Support Page, providing peer support, education, and online resources. I have also contributed to the FMA UK National Support Line. Areas of Experience and Specialism

My professional background includes work within the following areas:
• Trauma, PTSD, CPTSD, developmental and relational trauma
• Personality disorders, including BPD/EUPD
• ADHD, Autism, and AuDHD (assessment support, post-diagnosis work, coaching and mentoring)
• Chronic pain, fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, fatigue and life-limiting illness
• Substance misuse and addictions
• Domestic abuse and coercive control
• Learning disabilities
• Anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, self-esteem and identity
• Bereavement, disability, work-related stress, and relationship difficulties

And Much More

DBT and Structured Therapeutic Work

I am fully trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and specialise in working with emotional dysregulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal difficulties, and identity-related challenges. DBT skills are integrated appropriately within therapy, coaching, and mentoring pathways, with clear ethical boundaries. I also provide ADHD-informed coaching and mentoring, supported by specialist training in post-diagnostic support and self-management. Mindfulness Integration

I hold an Advanced Diploma in Mindfulness. Mindfulness is integrated practically into my work as a flexible, “plug-in” therapeutic tool, adapted to real-life demands, including workplace environments. This approach supports nervous system regulation, stress management, and sustainable coping. Holistic and Integrative Practice

Alongside my clinical work, I offer integrative holistic support through The Blue Amber Method, my bespoke mentoring and therapeutic pathway developed from over a decade of professional practice. This approach thoughtfully weaves together counselling-informed insight, DBT skills, coaching and mentoring, mindfulness, hypnotherapy, and Reiki. Holistic elements are introduced only where appropriate and always within a safe, trauma-informed, and ethically grounded framework. Reiki is offered as an optional, complementary practice to support nervous system regulation, emotional settling, and embodied awareness, particularly for clients who benefit from somatic approaches. All holistic work is carefully paced, collaboratively agreed, and aligned with each client’s goals, capacity, and readiness. Client Groups and Working Approach

I work with adults, young people, and couples, offering both short-term and longer-term therapeutic support. Sessions are collaborative and individually tailored. Clients do not need to be in crisis to benefit; therapy may also focus on growth, understanding patterns, and finding direction. Sessions are typically up to one hour. A minimum of six sessions is recommended to allow meaningful work to develop, though duration varies depending on complexity and need.Contact Information

Lizzy
📞 01278 760680 / 07815 606 372
✉️ blueambercounselling@live.co.uk
Web: www.blueambercounselling.co.uk

27/03/2026
26/03/2026

Live Launch

25/03/2026
🌿 Blue Amber: The Holistic TherapistCounselling & PsychotherapyAre you struggling with…🔥 Anger that feels hard to contro...
22/03/2026

🌿 Blue Amber: The Holistic Therapist

Counselling & Psychotherapy

Are you struggling with…

🔥 Anger that feels hard to control
🌧️ Low mood or emotional numbness
💭 Overthinking, anxiety, or feeling stuck
💔 Past trauma that still impacts your present
😔 Relationship difficulties or feeling misunderstood

You don’t have to carry it alone.

I offer a safe, confidential, and non-judgemental space where we can gently explore what’s going on for you — at your pace.

Together, we can help:

✔ Understand your emotions (instead of feeling overwhelmed by them)
✔ Process trauma safely and at the right depth for you
✔ Develop healthier ways to cope and respond
✔ Feel more in control, grounded, and emotionally balanced
✔ Reconnect with who you are beneath the stress and struggle

My Approach

✨ Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy
✨ Trauma-informed & neurodivergent-aware
✨ Incorporating somatic awareness, DBT-informed skills & holistic approaches
✨ Tailored to you — no one-size-fits-all

This is for you if…

👉 You’re tired of “just coping”
👉 You want real, lasting change — not quick fixes
👉 You’re ready to understand yourself on a deeper level

📞 Book a confidential chat today

Lizzy – Blue Amber: The Holistic Therapist
📱 07815 606 372
📧 blueambercounselling@live.co.uk

21/03/2026

It’s 2 AM, and while the rest of the world has fallen into a peaceful silence, your mind is a high-speed engine, firing on all cylinders, refusing to let you find rest. You are completely exhausted, your body feels heavy, your eyes sting from weariness, yet sleep remains an impossible dream. This isn't just common insomnia, and for over twenty years, this widespread phenomenon left scientists and sleep researchers scratching their heads in complete confusion, wondering how a person could be so profoundly drained but so intensely awake. They studied bedroom temperature, circadian rhythms, and caffeine consumption, looking for answers in all the wrong places because they assumed the problem was, at its core, about sleep itself. It turns out, that assumption was a fundamental misunderstanding, and the real explanation has almost nothing to do with the traditional mechanics of falling asleep, but rather with the complex and misunderstood biology of the ADHD brain.

The Day That Never Starts vs. The Night That Never Ends

The issue isn't that an ADHD brain 'won't go to sleep.' The critical breakdown actually happens way back at the start of the day. For an executive brain that struggles with standard dopamine regulation, the entire day is a grinding battle to 'turn on.' Morning routines that are automatic habits for others—like getting out of bed, making coffee, and starting work—are intense, conscious, uphill battles against neurological inertia for someone with ADHD. Their brain, constantly running on low 'fuel,' is fighting for any ounce of dopamine just to get up to a base level of alertness. They feel like they are perpetually starting behind, dragging themselves through mandatory tasks with a persistent, exhausting foggy weight that makes simple living feel heroic. While everyone else starts their day in 'overdrive' and tapers off, the ADHD brain is stuck in 'idle,' struggling through a perceived cognitive delay.

The Mid-Day Mountain and the Final Rush

Throughout the entire day, the 'under-fueled' brain is frantically trying to play catch-up to the standard 9-to-5 operating world. Every meeting, email, and social interaction requires immense, deliberate focus, which burns precious brain energy like paper on a fire. The prefrontal cortex, which acts as the brain’s manager, is constantly stressed, trying to maintain focus against a wave of sensory inputs that other brains filter out automatically. A typical afternoon slump for others is a total operational collapse for them. They finish their mandated responsibilities feeling not just tired, but fundamentally, existentially drained. But then, as the sun goes down, something critical shifts.

Reclaiming Your Time and Recharging the Soul

As evening deepens, the external world slows down, eliminating the noisy competition for attention. The immediate, urgent deadlines dissipate. And in that silence, as the brain stops being force-fed external demands, the pressure alleviates, allowing it to start processing information on its own terms. It’s not that the brain is suddenly more "awake." It is that it has finally achieved the correct dopamine baseline it has been fighting for all day, but now, it has no 'work' left to do. The silence unlocks creative pathways, making this late-night period feel like the most productive or peaceful part of their entire day. This phenomenon is often called 'revenge bedtime procrastination'—a subconscious, powerful attempt to reclaim personal autonomy and agency that was lost during the battle for functioning. It’s not defiance, but a profound human need for self-regulation in the only hours where it feels possible. The brain, finally running optimally, is reluctant to turn off the very thing it struggled to find.

20/03/2026

✨ The Blue Amber Method is Almost Here… ✨

After years of clinical experience, integration, and real client transformation,
The Blue Amber Method is ready to go live.

🗓 Launching 26th March

This is not just therapy.
This is a structured, deeply integrative approach combining:
• Psychotherapy
• Somatic work
• DBT-informed strategies
• Hypnotherapy
• Nervous system regulation
• Real, lasting change

💡 Designed for those who are ready to move beyond just “coping”…
and step into clarity, stability, and transformation.

⏳ The countdown is on — and spaces will be limited.

☎️ Book a Discovery Call now
Find out if The Blue Amber Method is the right fit for you before we go live.

📞 07815 606372

If you’re ready for something different…
something deeper…
something that actually works…

This is your moment.

19/03/2026

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Tuesday 9am - 1:30pm
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About Blue Amber

About me My name is Lizzy Oakley of Blue Amber Counselling. I am a qualified Integrative counsellor. Integrative therapy , or integrative counselling is a combined approach to psychotherapy that brings together different elements of specific therapies. I have been a carer in many capacities which include the care of my own daughter who contracted meningitis at the age of 13 months old. She was left with life limiting injuries and severe to profound deafness. From this I have gained a vast amount of knowledge which I feel could benefit other people alike. My counselling training started at a school working with children and adolescents ranging from 11 to 16 years of age. My other areas of expertise comes from working within the field of and life experience itself, and include: substance misuse and addictions, learning disabilities, domestic violence, pain and chronic fatigue, life limiting illness, and much more.

I have extensive knowledge around fibromyalgia, musculoskeletal and arthritic diseases as well as other pain and fatigue conditions. I have suffered from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue for most of my life but was not diagnosed until 2011. From this I set up and created a local community support group and a online support page under the name of Fibromyalgia Somerset & Invisible Me Wellbeing Support Group. Sadly the local community group has now closed but I continue to support people on a one to one basis in the community as well as still run the worldwide support page. This page supports anyone suffering the impact of any pain and fatigue related illness.

One to One Community Support Are you newly diagnosed and don't know how to cope or where to find help ? Do you feel isolated, anxious and lonely ? Do others around you not understand you ? Are you struggling to get your GP or other health professional to understand how you feel or listen to you ? Do you grieve over the way you used to be able to do things ? You could benefit from one to one private counselling/therapy. I offer a 6 week package which will help you be able to move forward with your life again. This can be in your own home or at an easy to get to location. Contact me for more information. I have a Diploma in Mindfulness and offer courses for this as well as Mindfulness Therapy. I also offer a number of other courses and this can be found on my webpage under the services I offer Section. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) I abide by its Ethical Framework for good practice in Counselling & Psychotherapy. I work with: Abuse, Anxiety, Depression, Bereavement, Disability, General Counselling, Self Esteem, Relationships, Stress, Work Related Issues, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue/ME, Substance Misuse, Anger Management, Couple Counselling and many others. I offer: Low Cost Counselling for Counselling Students Long term face to face work Short term face to face work Home visits (Usually housebound or disabled clients) Online counselling (Email or Chat) Telephone Counselling I offer a confidential service whether this be face to face, through a telephone call, email or social media. After you have made first contact we will then agree a time and day to meet either at Blue Amber Therapy Rooms or at an agreed local venue. My sessions are for a full hour where we discuss what the issues might be if any and how I might be able to help you. I offer Integrative therapy where I will look at what the issues may be and then look at the right ways to help you work through things. However you don't need need to have any issues when coming to counselling but just looking for a way forward with your life. To get the best from your counselling you will need to see me for at least 6 sessions. However some people need more and this is fine as not everyone is the same and need more time to resolve their issues. "Knowing Yourself Is the Beginning of all Wisdom" Training, Qualifications & Experience

Higher Diploma In Counselling [Integrative Therapy] [2011]