About Barbara
Barbara Engels is a counsellor who focuses on relationships and anxiety. She works in English and German and brings 18 years of experience in the UK. She aims to make conversations straightforward and practical for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck.
Barbara tailors discussions to each person's situation. She listens for patterns in relationships, self-esteem and workplace stress. She also helps with grief, trauma and life changes by breaking problems into manageable steps.
Background and approach
Her work includes supporting people affected by autism and attachment issues. She has experience helping parents and couples around communication, intimacy and separation concerns, and she adapts the pace to what a person can manage. Barbara uses approaches rooted in attachment-based thinking and psychodynamic ideas.
That means she attends to how past experiences shape current reactions, and how relationships influence wellbeing. She will explain these ideas clearly and use them in practical ways that fit daily life. Sessions can be held in English or German, depending on client preference.
Barbara aims to create a respectful and sensitive space where people can talk honestly about fears, shame or isolation. Her style is calm and direct, focusing on useful steps toward feeling more able. Finding a better balance often starts with small changes.
Barbara supports people to build coping strategies, improve communication and reconnect with what matters to them.
How attachment and psychodynamic ideas work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and close relationships shape current feelings and behaviour. In sessions the therapist pays attention to patterns in relationships and helps people try new ways of relating to reduce anxiety and improve connection.Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past experiences and unconscious patterns influence present reactions. This approach helps people understand recurring difficulties like self-esteem problems, grief reactions or anxiety so they can make different choices in daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then try methods that match those needs. Together they review what works and adjust the way they work as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video sessions support face-to-face conversation, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging fits ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or travel and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, German
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