About Amal
Amal Saddawi helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She speaks English and Arabic and has 15 years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom. Amal aims to make early conversations straightforward and calm for someone who is worried and unsure where to begin.
Her approach is practical and person-focused. She adapts sessions to each person's needs and moves at a pace the person is comfortable with.
How Amal works
Conversations are treated with respect and sensitivity while aiming for clear steps forward. Amal uses therapies that encourage skills and understanding. She draws on acceptance and commitment work to help people clarify values and take small actions.
Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding. For people affected by trauma, she includes eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing to address distress linked to traumatic memories. Dialectical behaviour therapy skills are offered when problems with strong emotions or difficult relationships are present.
Sessions are shaped around practical aims such as reducing anxiety, improving communication, or managing low mood. Amal will work with each person to set realistic goals and review progress as therapy moves forward. Her style is steady and encouraging, focused on what helps in daily life.
Amal lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Amal works with
The areas below are the ones Amal selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English, Arabic |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Amal’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps towards those values. It focuses on building actions that fit a person’s life rather than trying to eliminate all uncomfortable feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses simple experiments and tasks to shift unhelpful patterns. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) offers a way to reduce the intensity of distressing memories by working with those memories in a structured process.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Amal will talk through goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before, then suggest options. The decision about which methods to use is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for those juggling work, family or travel. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when meeting in person is hard. Phone sessions are useful for a shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let someone share thoughts between sessions or use a written format that feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on real, manageable change.
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