About Masamba
Masamba Juster offers a compassionate, person-centred approach to therapy. She uses straightforward conversation to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief and depression. Her style is warm and respectful, aiming to make the first steps feel a little easier.
Masamba combines several practical methods to suit different problems. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to spot unhelpful thought patterns. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small, meaningful actions.
How Masamba works
Attachment-based ideas and emotionally-focused work help when intimacy or relationship patterns cause pain. Clients may come for help with addictions, anger, low self-esteem or life transitions. She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, sleep or eating difficulties, and work-related stress.
Masamba pays attention to how past experiences like abandonment or adoption can shape present feelings. Over a decade in practice has given her experience with chronic illness, caregiver stress and neurodiversity concerns such as autism and attention difference. She adapts sessions to each person, matching techniques to what feels useful in the moment.
Sessions are delivered in English from the United Kingdom and can take place in several online formats. Masamba asks questions, listens closely, and helps build step-by-step plans for coping and change.
Masamba lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Masamba works with
The areas below are the ones Masamba selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- 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
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- 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
How Masamba's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to choose actions that match personal values. It is useful for anxiety, depression and coping with big life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going. It is commonly used for anxiety, low mood and sleep or eating difficulties.
Attachment-Based Therapy and Emotionally-Focused techniques look at patterns in close relationships and help people express and respond to emotions more clearly. These approaches can help with intimacy-related problems and longstanding relational patterns.
Masamba treats choosing the right approach as a joint process. She will talk about your goals and preferences and try methods that fit your situation. If something doesn’t feel useful she will adjust the plan together with you.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls suit deeper conversational work, while phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving or other commitments.
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