Amali Hapugoda, BACP

Amali Hapugoda offers support for stress, anxiety, depression, grief and trauma. She also helps people struggling with relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, eating or sleeping problems, ADHD and career concerns. Amali is able to support LGBT issues, compassion fatigue and challenges linked to parenting, caregiving and chronic illness. She accepts international clients and speaks English.

Amali brings ten years of experience in counselling practice. She holds BACP accreditation, which is listed as her professional credential. In sessions she prefers a straightforward, collaborative pace. Conversations aim to make difficult feelings easier to understand and manage.

Her approach draws on several well-known models. Client-Centred work keeps the focus on the person and their priorities. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviours affect feelings. Trauma-Focused and psychodynamic ideas are used where past experience is affecting present life.

Sessions are offered online by video, phone, live chat or messaging so people can choose what suits them best. Amali describes therapy as a flexible process that can change as progress is made. Practical steps and reflection are combined so clients build new ways of coping.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions through the site's scheduling system. Costs vary with location and availability and are handled through a cancellable subscription model.

How Amali’s approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens closely and follows the client’s priorities, helping them name feelings and decide what to focus on next. This suits people who want a steady, understanding space to talk.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to test new ways of thinking and behaving, which can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and unhelpful habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose methods that fit their needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat or messaging make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or health needs. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be a lighter or lower-bandwidth option, and messaging or live chat can suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats increase flexibility and help people sustain regular contact with a registered or accredited professional.