About me
Hi, I am Barbara. I am BACP-registered, integrative psychodynamic counsellor, which means I draw on different therapeutic approaches to suit your needs and preferred ways of working.
I offer a warm, thoughtful, and non-judgmental space where you can feel safe bringing parts of yourself that you may usually keep hidden. My goal is to help you connect more fully with your authentic self, fostering a sense of acceptance, compassion, and resilience.
In our work together, I act as a collaborative mirror, helping you view your experiences from new perspectives and shed light on long-standing challenges. My goal is to help you navigate your internal world with greater clarity. Whether you feel trapped in old patterns or simply overwhelmed by life right now, we will work to rediscover your sense of balance.
My approach
At the core of my work is the therapeutic relationship. I believe that many struggles stem from original relationships that were abusive, deficient, or overprotective; therefore, I aim to create a reparative relationship characterized by empathy, compassion, and co-operation.
I integrate few different frameworks to support your healing journey:
Psychodynamic Exploration: I help you bring limiting unconscious beliefs into conscious awareness by identifying recurring patterns from your childhood and past experiences. This process helps you identify the root causes of your emotional distress rather than just managing the symptoms. Once these patterns are brought to light, they lose their power over you, giving you the freedom to build a life that feels authentic and new.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: I use CBT to help you challenge negative thought processes and internal narratives, providing practical tools to manage anxiety, panic attacks, and your inner critic. By transforming your relationship with your thoughts, you gain the confidence to face challenging situations with a calmer, more balanced perspective instead of feeling overwhelmed by them.
Somatic Awareness: For those who find it difficult to put feelings into words, I use body scans and somatic dialogue to help you connect with and give a voice to unprocessed emotions held within the body. By learning to listen to your body's physical signals, you can release stored tension and develop a greater sense of internal safety and emotional resilience.
I have extensive experience supporting clients with:
Anxiety
Social Anxiety
Anger Management
Depression
Feeling sad
Relationship and complex family dynamics
Co-dependency
Grief and challenging breakups
Low self esteem
Low confidence
People Pleasing tendencies
Emotional abuse
Toxic relationship
Life transitions
CPTSD
Trauma
Workplace stress and burnout
Feelings of shame, guilt, loss
Establishing healthy boundaries in relationships and at work
Couples Therapy
I support couples to communicate their wants and needs more clearly and to find greater relational balance, working on conflict resolution and restoring intimacy. We explore emotional triggers; habitual roles people take to protect themselves and develop practical ways to replace negative cycles with healthier patterns.
Getting Started
I work in person with Space to Be you In Hackney, every Wednesday or Online on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday via Zoom. Sessions are weekly at the same time and last 50 minutes.
I offer short- term therapy for a set number of sessions or open-ended depending on what you feel you may need.
We can start with 20-minute initial phone/zoom call where we can discuss what might be bringing you to counselling and you can ask any questions you may have.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training, qualifications:
- Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling
- Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling
- Time-limited Counselling, CPD training
- Neuroscience, Attachment and Therapeutical Alliance
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CPD training
- Embodied Processing Certification; Healing Trauma and Nervous System Dysregulation
- Trauma, The Brain and Recovery CPD workshop
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
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£60.00 - £90.00
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