Amanda Balaam, BACP

Amanda Balaam works from a client-centred stance. She focuses on listening closely and helping people notice patterns in relationships and feelings. Amanda uses practical, goal-focused ways to help alongside a warm, non-judgemental manner. She aims to make conversations feel straightforward and useful for everyday life.

Amanda has 17 years of experience supporting people with stress, anxiety and depression. She also helps with relationship difficulties, grief, addiction concerns and trauma. Her work covers challenges such as sleeping problems, low self-esteem, career uncertainty and compassion fatigue.

Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas and solution-focused techniques combined with a client-centred attitude. That means she pays attention to how close relationships affect feelings, looks for small changes that make a difference, and follows the person’s priorities in sessions. Sessions are paced to suit each person and focus on practical next steps.

Amanda is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, shown as BACP. This reflects her commitment to professional standards and the BACP code of ethics. She sees people online across the United Kingdom and works in English.

People who meet Amanda can expect clear, down-to-earth conversations about what is worrying them. She aims to make the process manageable, with tools and simple strategies to try between sessions. The goal is steady, practical progress rather than rushed fixes.

How attachment, person-centred and solution-focused work online

Amanda draws on attachment-based thinking to look at how relationships shape feelings and behaviour. This approach helps when past patterns affect current trust, closeness or emotional responses, and it can guide conversations about safer ways to connect.

She uses a client-centred stance that puts the person's own goals and experience at the heart of each session. That means the counsellor listens, reflects and follows what the person brings, helping them make sense of their feelings and decide what matters most.

Solution-focused methods are used to identify small, concrete steps that move a person towards their aims. These practical ideas suit issues like stress, sleep problems, low mood or change at work because they focus on workable actions rather than long explanations.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Amanda will discuss options in the first meetings and agree a plan based on the person’s needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and plans can change as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth, live chat can fit short check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping continuity of care.