- ACT
- CBT
- EMDR
About Amal
Amal Saddawi is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 15 years of professional experience. She works with people struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and depression. She also addresses concerns such as communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, addiction, guilt and shame, immigration matters, loneliness, and obsessive behaviours.
Her style is straightforward and person-focused. Conversations are shaped around what matters to the client. Amal uses practical approaches to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding. Sessions can include working on thoughts, behaviour, emotions and coping skills that feel relevant day to day.
Amal draws on several evidence-informed approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She also uses client-centred methods and techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to support emotional regulation when needed. These approaches are used to address anxiety, trauma, low mood, and difficulties that follow from shame or guilt.
She offers therapy in English and Arabic and welcomes people from different cultural backgrounds. International clients are accepted. Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules a first session via the See online therapy options button.
Amal aims to make practical, manageable steps the focus of sessions. Rather than promising quick fixes, she works with each person to find what helps them carry less of the burden they describe.
How Amal uses therapeutic approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them. It focuses on what matters to the person and on small actions that align with those values, which can help with anxiety, low mood and guilt. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses simple exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and try new behavioural experiments. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) targets distress linked to specific traumatic memories and works through sets of guided attention and reflection to reduce the intensity of those memories.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amal treats this as a collaborative process and will help decide which methods fit a client’s goals, needs and preferences. Techniques can be mixed across sessions so that practical skills, emotional regulation and memory-focused work sit together when useful.
Confirm the current session formats before booking if you need a particular option. Online meetings can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals often use video for fuller interaction, and other session arrangements can help if someone prefers less screen time or a briefer phone check-in.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Arabic
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression, plus related areas like guilt and shame and addiction.
How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
She uses practical therapies to notice unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and to try different responses. Techniques from ACT, CBT and other approaches are used to work with those feelings.
What is her professional background?
She has 15 years of professional experience working with a range of mental health and relationship issues.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I don’t speak English?
Sessions are offered in English and Arabic.
Does she accept clients from other countries?
International clients are accepted.
How much do sessions cost?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.