Amanda Balaam , BACP

Amanda Balaam brings a warm, patient, and empathetic presence to her counselling practice, offering a calm space for people to explore feelings, relationships, and life challenges. She seeks to build a non-judgemental environment where clients can voice concerns and reflect on emotional patterns without feeling rushed or dismissed.

Her work is integrative in nature, drawing on person-centred approaches that prioritise the client experience, cognitive-behavioural techniques that address thoughts and behaviours, and psychodynamic ideas that explore underlying patterns and past influences. Over 17 years of practice she has supported people through loss, anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, addictions, trauma, and a wide range of other concerns. That experience informs a pragmatic and compassionate approach that adapts to each person’s needs.

Amanda holds an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling and is a registered member of the British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists (BACP), a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. She follows the association’s code of ethics and practice guidelines, and works with professionalism and respect for each client’s wellbeing.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships influence current patterns of connection and trust. It helps people understand responses to abandonment, attachment challenges, and intimacy-related issues by exploring past and present relational dynamics in a supportive way.

Client-Centred Therapy places the client’s experience at the centre of the work, offering empathy, acceptance, and gentle guidance so individuals can discover their own insights and strengths. This approach is often helpful for issues such as low self-esteem, grief, anxiety, and coping with life changes.

Amanda approaches treatment collaboratively, recognising that finding the right method is part of the therapeutic process. She works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and practical needs, and adjusts techniques together with the client so the work remains relevant and focused.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call or phone make it easier to fit counselling into busy schedules, while live chat and text-based messaging provide alternatives for those who prefer written communication. These options help licensed professionals and therapists maintain continuity of care and make it simpler for people to access support from home or elsewhere when needed.