I am Amanda Graham, and Mindful Coherence is the work of my life taking shape

Family and adolescent psychotherapist. Retreat host. Writer. Researcher. Mother. Grandmother. Traveller. Always a student.

I have spent more than 30 years working with adolescents, parents, families and individuals.

I have lived and worked around the world, raised a family and worked with individuals across many different cultures. I have spent much of my professional life listening to what happens when people feel disconnected from themselves, their children, their partners, or the life they thought they were building.

Mindful Coherence grew from listening to my clients.

It brings together my training in mental health psychology and cognitive behavioural counselling with years of therapeutic practice, yoga, retreat work, research and the ancient sciences and cultural traditions that have shaped my own life.

I believe that what we uncover from the past can be looked at through the eyes of compassion and recovered into a more whole way of living.

What Shapes My Work

My work is inquisitive and warm with a professional and compassionate approach.

It is informed by research, but it is not theory heavy.

It is holistic in its approach, but it is still grounded in science.

I am interested in the whole person and the whole family system. The behaviour, the history, the environment, the body, the nervous system, the culture, the silence, the shame and the hopes that often dwell underneath the surface of daily life.

I have worked with people across cultures and countries, and that has taught me that families may look very different from the outside, but the longing for connection, safety and belonging is deeply human.