I am credentialed in the UK with 16 years of professional work experience for The Relate Counselling Service and an autism-specialist charity working with individuals, couples and parents. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety (at work), intimacy issues, relationship issues, bereavement, family conflicts, self-esteem and motivation issues. I have also extensive experience in offering autism-specialist counselling for couples and parents. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. I am fluent in English and German and I can therefore run our sessions in the prefered language. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Parenting issues, Career difficulties, Coaching, ADHD, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, Blended family issues, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Family problems, Fertility issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Immigration issues, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Self-love, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #81880
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Couldn’t wish for a better therapist! Barbara is so unbelievably kind and so good at what she does. She has helped me a lot in just three weeks.
Written on Dec 04, 2024 after therapy with Barbara for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues
She has been great, checked on me constantly even when I didn’t respond. Her session gave me confidence as well.
Written on Dec 02, 2024 after therapy with Barbara for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
She is amazing and everytime we have a session I always look at the time hoping I still have loads of time with her because I usually don't want the sessions to end because of how amazing it is to talk to her....I would totally recommend her
Written on Nov 01, 2024 after therapy with Barbara for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd
Barbara has been amazing. She was able to identify and understand the issues I was facing from the get go. Not only is she empathetic and knowledgeable, she is able to provide solutions to understand myself on a deeper level as well as what to do next. She is a joyful person that brings out a smile from me even on my worst day. She’s become more of a life coach rather than just a therapist and I can’t thank her enough for her help.
Barbara is responsive through text and checks in regularly to ensure I am coping well. A through professional and someone who really cares about your wellbeing. I highly recommend Barbara.
Written on Oct 16, 2024 after therapy with Barbara for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and relationship issues