About Amali
Amali Hapugoda helps people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse. She also supports those facing relationship and intimacy difficulties, addiction, eating or sleeping problems, and work-related stress. Amali works with people dealing with ADHD, bipolar symptoms, parenting strain, and career transitions.
She welcomes clients from different backgrounds and speaks English. Amali uses a straightforward, person-focused approach. She aims to make sessions feel calm and non-judgemental so people can talk about what matters to them.
How Amali works
Conversations look at what is happening now and how the past shapes current feelings. Sessions also include practical steps to try between meetings. Her practice draws on a mix of therapy styles to suit each person.
Techniques may include forms of talking therapy that focus on thoughts and behaviours, approaches that explore early relationships, and trauma-informed work when needed. Amali adapts the plan as someone progresses and as their needs change. Amali holds BACP registration with ten years of experience supporting people in the United Kingdom.
She has worked with a broad range of concerns including attachment issues, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and substance misuse. She is comfortable working with people who identify as LGBT and with a variety of life challenges. Sessions are offered online by video call, phone, live chat or messaging.
International clients are accepted. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability. The subscription model used for sessions can be cancelled at any time.
Amali lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Amali works with
The areas below are the ones Amali 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions and what to expect
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in the room. It involves gentle listening and reflecting so someone can make sense of their feelings and decide what matters most. This approach helps with low self-esteem, relationship worries and emotional overwhelm.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses straightforward exercises and experiments to shift unhelpful patterns and is often useful for anxiety, depression and sleep problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then tailor methods as progress is made. That collaborative process means methods can change as needs evolve.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when geography or time makes meeting in person hard. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing or want ongoing brief contact between appointments. Registered or accredited professionals can use these formats to make therapy fit daily life.
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