- Years in practice
- 17
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Amanda
Amanda Balaam uses a warm, person-centred approach to help people talk through difficult moments. She keeps sessions steady and patient so clients can explore feelings at their own pace. Amanda's style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making therapy feel approachable for busy parents.
With 17 years of practice, Amanda has supported people facing stress, anxiety, depression and grief. She also helps those dealing with relationship strains, parenting worries, addiction concerns and trauma.
Background and approach
Her work includes support around sleep problems, low self-esteem and life changes such as divorce or career shifts. Amanda draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She uses client-centred methods to follow what the person brings to each session.
Solution-focused techniques help set clear, practical steps when people want short-term goals and measurable progress. Amanda is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, BACP. That registration guides her professional practice and ethics.
She works from the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different schedules. Amanda supports people who are coping with parenting stresses and a wide range of emotional challenges.
She aims to help people build clearer routines, reduce overwhelm, and find ways to manage daily life more easily.
What Amanda works with
Everything Amanda lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Amanda helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Amanda lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Amanda uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand how earlier relationships affect current feelings and behaviour. This approach can be useful for anyone struggling with trust, closeness or repeated patterns in relationships.She also works in a client-centred way, which means sessions follow what the person brings and focus on listening, empathy and reflecting back what matters most to them. Solution-focused techniques are used alongside this to set clear, short-term goals and identify practical steps to try between appointments.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Amanda will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and together you can decide whether to emphasise attachment work, client-centred listening or solution-focused planning. This shared decision-making helps create a plan that feels useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different routines. Video calls are good for a face-to-face feeling, phone sessions work well with lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging can suit short check-ins or times when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around childcare, work and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Amanda
What concerns does Amanda commonly help with?
Amanda works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, addiction, trauma, sleep problems and low self-esteem.
What is Amanda's therapeutic style?
Her approach is primarily person-centred with strong elements of attachment-based work and solution-focused techniques to set practical goals.
How much experience does she have?
Amanda has 17 years of professional experience supporting people with emotional and mental health challenges.
What professional credentials are held?
She is registered with the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, BACP, and works in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with Amanda?
International clients are not currently accepted; Amanda works with people based in the United Kingdom.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How do I begin therapy with Amanda?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then you can schedule sessions according to therapist availability. Payments use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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