Amy Smythe, founder of the Centre for Counselling, is a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and  works in accordance with their Ethical Framework for Good Practice.  Qualified in 2005 (PG Dip Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of Central England), Amy has worked with adults and children in a variety of private and voluntary sector settings.  This has involved providing short, medium and long-term therapy for a wide range of concerns.  Initially practising at the Fireside Day Centre (Birmingham) Amy then went on to work within St. Martin's Centre for Health and Healing (Birmingham); a service offering counselling to individuals  who were also experiencing or facing homelessness, family breakdown or addiction.  In 2007 Amy established the Centre for Counselling.  She works with adults, children and young people on a wide range of issues including anxiety, stress, depression, chronic fatigue, self-harm, eating disorders, abuse, unresolved childhood issues, family breakdown and bereavement.  Amy is an experienced bereavement counsellor, providing counselling to adults, children and young people at The Hospice of the Good Shepherd, Chester.

Amy is a qualified advocate experienced at working with children, young people and vulnerable adults.  As an advocate, Amy has supported children in many settings including local authority and private care homes, Youth Offending Institutes, High Secure Forensic Mental Health Units and medium and low secure psychiatric hospital settings.  She has also established a number of young people groups, supporting group members to debate and discuss issues of importance to them before representing these to government and policy makers.