Amy Taylor

Compassionate mental health professional with strong expertise in bereavement counselling and suicide risk assessment, delivering safe and effective individual therapy. Demonstrates advanced skill in developing relationships and building rapport to support clients through complex emotional challenges. Highly autonomous in conducting clinical assessments while maintaining strict confidentiality and ethical standards. Seeking to contribute these strengths within a client-centred setting focused on high-quality therapeutic care.

Takes on challenging new role harnessing interpersonal skills, collaboration and problem-solving. Driven to deliver high-quality service and consistent results.

• November 2025 - Suicide First Aid: Children and Young People, Buckinghamshire MIND
• July 2025 – CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences
• May 2025 – RSPH Level 3 Award in Mental Health First Aid, Buckinghamshire MIND
• February 2025 – TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Self-harm and Suicide Awareness and Prevention, Buckinghamshire Adult Learning
• December 2023 – Pregnancy and Infant Loss Advanced Practitioner Training, Foundation for Infant Loss
• March 2022 – Childhood Bereavement Training, Winston’s Wish, with Cruse Bereavement Support
• December 2021 – Beyond Bea bereavement training, Beyond Bea
• July 2021 – Working with Suicidal Clients, Cruse Bereavement Support
• July 2021 – Trauma Awareness, Cruse Bereavement Support
• July 2021 – Bereaved by Suicide, Cruse Bereavement Support
• May to July 2021 – Bereavement Foundation course (10 days), Cruse Bereavement Support
• Pregnancy and Infant Loss Advanced Practitioner Training, Foundation for Infant Loss, 1 day, December 2023
• Supporting Young People with Anxiety, Number 22 (Windsor and Maidenhead Counselling Service), 1 day, 27 May 2023
• Working with children and young people who are involved with social care, Number 22 (Windsor and Maidenhead Counselling Service), 2 hours, 26 April 2023
• Working with OCD, Teenage Perspective, Number 22 (Windsor and Maidenhead Counselling Service), 2 hours, 16 March 2023
• Working with Primary aged Children, Number 22 (Windsor and Maidenhead Counselling Service), 4 days, 17, 18, 24 and 25 February 2023
• Safeguarding & Child Protection, Number 22 (Windsor and Maidenhead Counselling Service), 1 day, 24 September 2022
• Working with “I don’t know” in the room [specific to counselling children and young people], Number 22 (Windsor and Maidenhead Counselling Service), 2 hours, 20 September 2022
• Managing Risk with Young Clients, Number 22 (Windsor and Maidenhead Counselling Service), 2 hours, 16 September 2022
• Childhood Bereavement Training, Winston’s Wish, with Cruse Bereavement Support, 2 hours, 22 March 2022
• Beyond Bea bereavement training, Beyond Bea, 1 day, December 2021
• Bereaved by Suicide, Cruse Bereavement Support, 1 day, 28 July 2021
• Prevent Training, HM Government, 2 hours, 1 October 2021
• Introductory Certificate in Counselling Young People [this meets stage1 of BACP criteria for working with CYP], No5 Young People, Reading, (Children and young people's counselling charity), 5 days, September 2021
• Counsellor on Placement training programme (including safeguarding, equality and diversity, micro-biases, bereavement, and working with students with SEND, ASN and ALN), Place2Be (Children and young people's mental health charity), 6 days, September 2021
• Working with suicidal clients, Cruse Bereavement Support, 3 hours, 28 July 2021
• Trauma Awareness, Cruse Bereavement Support, 3 hours, 28 July 2021
• Bereavement Support Foundation Course, Cruse Bereavement Support, 10 days, June 2021