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Amanda Balaam, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 17 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGrief Depression

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Amanda Balaam offers a calm, person-centred approach that puts the client's experience first. She focuses on building a trusting relationship and listens carefully to what matters most to each individual. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief and addictions.

She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, parenting strains, compassion fatigue and career worries. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, chronic illness and caregiving stress.

Background and approach

With 17 years of experience, Amanda draws on tried-and-tested ways of working rather than a single technique. She uses Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to shape sessions around each person's needs. These approaches guide how she listens and how practical steps are developed together.

Amanda is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, BACP. She works with adults in the United Kingdom and provides sessions in English. Her style is patient, direct and practical, aiming to make talking feel useful from the first meeting.

In sessions she encourages small, achievable changes alongside emotional understanding. This can mean looking at patterns in relationships, trying short exercises between sessions, or focusing on immediate steps to relieve stress. The goal is clearer thinking and better coping in day-to-day life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online therapy

Amanda draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to consider how early and current relationship patterns affect feelings and behaviour; this helps when addressing trust, abandonment and intimacy concerns. Client-Centred Therapy shapes a warm, accepting stance where the person leads the pace and topics of work. Solution-Focused Therapy focuses on small, practical steps and goals to create immediate, manageable change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda will discuss which methods fit your needs, goals and preferences and adapt sessions over time. The process is collaborative - you shape what to try and she helps pick practical next steps.

Online formats used include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls suit in-depth conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, quick reflections or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel commitments, while keeping continuity between sessions.

What concerns does Amanda commonly help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and addictions alongside relationship and intimacy-related issues and sleep problems.

What is Amanda's therapeutic style?

Her practice is person-centred and relational, using Attachment-Based, Client-Centred and Solution-Focused methods to listen and build practical steps together.

How much experience does she have?

Amanda has 17 years of experience working with people facing a wide range of emotional and mental health concerns.

What qualifications or professional registration does she hold?

She is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, BACP, as stated in her profile.

Which languages and regions are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and Amanda works with people in the United Kingdom; she is not accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences.

How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin if I want to work with her?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 17 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Amanda Balaam, BACP

Background and approach

How therapeutic approaches translate to online therapy

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety