- Years in practice
- 7
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Amaris
Amaris Raiana is a therapist who helps people make sense of what feels confusing or painful in life and relationships. She offers a calm, non-judgemental presence and aims to make difficult conversations feel manageable. Many clients come to her worried about intimacy, communication or feeling stuck, and she focuses on practical next steps as well as understanding what lies beneath those problems.
With seven years' experience, Amaris works with issues such as stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy difficulties, grief, depression and parenting concerns.
Background and approach
She also addresses matters like addiction, ADHD, eating and sleeping problems, and caregiver strain. Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, and aspects of alternative sexual cultures including BDSM and kink. Her manner is described as warm, honest and down to earth.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and rooted in everyday language rather than jargon. Amaris supports people to identify patterns, try out changes, and notice what helps in day-to-day life. Amaris is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
She offers therapy from the United Kingdom and works in English. Practical options for getting started are outlined below, with a short matching questionnaire to help pair needs and availability. People choose Amaris when they want a thoughtful, realistic approach to relationships and emotional strain.
She focuses on helping clients find realistic, manageable steps forward rather than quick fixes.
What Amaris works with
Everything Amaris lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Amaris helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
How therapeutic approaches work online
Amaris uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people understand and change patterns that cause distress. One approach focuses on improving communication and emotional connection in relationships by identifying interaction patterns and practising new ways of speaking and listening. This helps when intimacy feels out of reach or conversations keep leading to the same arguments.Another strand looks at managing anxiety and stress through practical coping skills and gradual behavioural changes. Sessions break concerns into small, workable steps and test what helps in everyday life, which can reduce overwhelm and increase confidence.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amaris will talk through goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before, then work together to try different methods until something fits. The plan can change as needs shift.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different routines. Video is useful for a fuller conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can suit brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and travel commitments.
Questions people ask about Amaris
What kinds of concerns can be brought to sessions?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy problems, grief, depression, parenting concerns and addiction. Additional focuses include attachment issues, codependency, fertility and fatherhood questions.
What is the therapist's general approach and style?
Sessions are warm, honest and down to earth with straightforward language. The aim is to explore underlying patterns and agree practical, manageable steps forward.
How much experience does the therapist have?
Amaris has seven years of clinical experience working with adults on relationship, emotional and behavioural concerns. That background informs how she supports people through practical change.
What credentials and location are relevant?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practices from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are offered?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What is the process to start therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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