Amanda Salvara, BACP

Amanda Salvara is a counsellor with five years' experience working with people in the United Kingdom and internationally. She holds BACP registration, and she offers a calm, person-centred way of supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma, depression and relationship concerns. Amanda writes simply and listens closely to understand what matters to each person she meets.

Her practice blends conversational counselling with practical tools. Sessions look at where someone is now and where they want to be. Amanda helps people notice patterns of thought and behaviour and tries practical steps to test what helps. She believes small experiments can create clearer choices in difficult moments.

The work is collaborative and paced to each person. Amanda draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and mindfulness to offer different ways of working. She matches methods to the issue and the person rather than using a single fixed method.

Areas Amanda commonly addresses include self-esteem, coping with life changes, feelings of isolation, money worries and midlife crisis concerns. She also supports people affected by abuse, attachment or post-traumatic stress concerns, and those wanting to rebuild self-love and purpose.

Sessions tend to focus on practical coping skills, noticing values and priorities, and improving everyday communication. Amanda invites steady progress, celebrates small gains and adapts plans as needs change.

Approaches to online work and what they offer

Amanda draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, values-led actions even when emotions are difficult; this can help with finding direction during life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers straightforward exercises to test new ways of thinking and behaving.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Amanda treats therapy as a collaboration and will discuss which methods fit a person's goals and preferences. Together the therapist and client can try ideas, check what helps, and adapt methods as progress is made.

The biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can help people fit therapy into busy lives, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or avoiding the need to be on camera. Registered or accredited professionals can also adapt exercises and mindfulness practices to suit remote sessions and day-to-day routines.