Amanda Wiggs

Amanda Wiggs is an AASW social worker with over 15 years' experience supporting adults through stressful and painful life moments. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and those coping with major life changes. Amanda offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can pause and begin to make shifts at their own pace.

Her style is warm, compassionate and collaborative. She listens for patterns that cause ongoing pain and helps clients develop clear, practical steps to feel steadier day to day. Sessions focus on building emotional regulation, addressing attachment wounds, and reducing the impact of past trauma on current relationships.

Amanda has particular experience helping people with caregiver stress, chronic illness and disability, first responder issues, and the effects of family violence. She also supports those dealing with abandonment, dissociation, guilt and shame, and midlife transitions. Her work includes approaches that help with nervous system regulation and processing traumatic memories.

She draws from a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as parts work, acceptance and commitment strategies, cognitive behaviour approaches, somatic practices, and polyvagal-informed ideas to support regulation. Amanda adapts methods to suit each person's needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.

People who choose to work with Amanda often want a steady, relational therapist who emphasises practical skills as well as deeper healing. She encourages small, achievable goals and celebrates progress while working through difficult material together.

Approaches for online healing and regulation

Amanda uses several evidence-based techniques that translate well into talking therapy and guided exercises. Parts work helps people understand and dialogue with different internal parts or states, which can reduce inner conflict and increase self-understanding. Acceptance and Commitment approaches teach practical ways to notice difficult thoughts and feelings and commit to meaningful actions despite them. Somatic and polyvagal-informed strategies focus on simple body-based practices to help calm the nervous system and reduce the intense physical reactions that often accompany trauma and anxiety.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Amanda works together with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. This usually involves trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time in a collaborative way.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats. Before booking, confirm which formats are offered for remote work. Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into a busy life, makes it easier to keep regular appointments, and allows for different ways of working such as guided exercises, check-ins between sessions, or shorter workplace-friendly meetings when needed.