Amali Hapugoda, BACP

Amali Hapugoda welcomes people who are feeling anxious, vulnerable, or unfulfilled and offers a calm, attentive approach to therapy. She meets each person as an individual and works with a wide range of concerns regardless of background, providing time and space to explore emotions and difficulties without judgement. In private practice she focuses on one-to-one work, tailoring support to the needs that each person brings to therapy.

Her way of working is integrative, drawing on several evidence-informed models to suit the moment in a client’s journey. She uses client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, psychodynamic therapy, and trauma-focused therapy to build a collaborative, client-focused programme. That programme is regularly reviewed and may be adapted as a person makes progress.

Amali works with many common and complex difficulties, including anxiety, depression, phobias, low self-esteem, eating disorders, sexual abuse and trauma, insomnia, and grief. She also supports people with relationship and family concerns, addictions, parenting challenges, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Her practice embraces a wide clinical range so that each person’s unique story guides the therapeutic work.

Clients have praised her thoughtful and caring listening, noting a combination of exploration of past experience and practical suggestions to manage difficult moments. Many have reported feeling lighter and better equipped to navigate emotions after sessions. Amali holds BACP membership - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which indicates professional affiliation with a UK counselling and psychotherapy body. She accepts new clients and works with people in the United Kingdom and beyond.