Amal Saddawi
Practical, compassionate therapy for everyday struggles
About Amal
Amal Saddawi helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strains, trauma and low self-esteem. She also supports people facing depression and related concerns. She works in English and Arabic and practises from the United Kingdom.
Amal keeps things straightforward in sessions. Conversations are shaped around the person's needs and priorities. She listens with respect and sensitivity and aims to make space for what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on a mix of established therapies. Amal uses techniques that help people notice difficult thoughts, learn practical coping skills and build values-based action. Where past events cause ongoing distress she can work with those memories to reduce their hold on daily life.
Amal often focuses on everyday problems such as communication difficulties, control issues, feelings of guilt and shame, and struggles with motivation. She also helps people facing divorce and separation, addiction concerns, immigration-related stress, hoarding and obsessive-compulsive patterns. Over 15 years she has worked with a wide range of people and situations.
She aims to tailor the plan to what each person needs, adjusting conversations and exercises as therapy progresses. People can expect a calm, practical style that balances listening with clear tools and guidance. Amal emphasises gradual change and practical steps that fit into a person's life.
She encourages small moves that add up to better day-to-day coping.
What Amal works with
How Amal works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and feeling stuck because it focuses on what matters and small meaningful steps.Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the centre of sessions. The counsellor offers listening and empathy while the person decides the topics and pace, which can help build trust and clarity about what to change.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches clear strategies to shift unhelpful patterns. It often suits problems like anxiety, low mood and obsessive thinking because it provides practical exercises and short-term goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss options and try methods that match the person's goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when a connection needs less bandwidth or a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, writing through thoughts, or fitting sessions around work and busy days. These options add flexibility so therapy can fit into everyday life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Arabic
