About Barbara
Barbara Engels offers therapy grounded in attachment-based and psychodynamic approaches. She combines these ways of working to help people understand relationship patterns, emotional reactions and long-standing difficulties. Sessions are offered in English and German to suit the client's preference.
Barbara brings 18 years of experience in counselling and community work across the United Kingdom. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her background includes work with organisations focused on relationships and autism support, which shaped her practical skills in talking through sensitive issues.
How Barbara works
She helps people deal with stress and anxiety, low self-esteem, grief and life changes. She also supports those facing relationship and intimacy-related problems, parenting challenges and workplace strain. ADHD, trauma and abuse are within her areas of focus as well.
In a typical session Barbara pays attention to the stories that shape a person's feelings and choices. She helps people notice recurring patterns and gently test new ways of relating. Conversations are tailored to each person's situation and pace, with practical steps offered when useful.
Sessions aim to make everyday life more manageable and meaningful. Barbara's style is calm and respectful, with an emphasis on understanding underlying causes as well as current problems. She encourages small experiments in behaviour and thought that can lead to steady change.
Barbara lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Barbara works with
The areas below are the ones Barbara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English, German |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Attachment and Psychodynamic Work Online
Attachment-based therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. It helps people understand why they react in certain ways with partners, close friends or family and supports safer ways of relating. Psychodynamic therapy focuses on patterns that repeat over time and brings those patterns into the therapy talk. It can be useful for issues such as ongoing low mood, relationship difficulty and feelings that come up again and again.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Barbara will discuss what feels most relevant and try different ways of working to match the client's needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process in which the person and the therapist decide what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives or limited local options. Video calls allow visual connection and fuller conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging can be used for brief check-ins or between-session contact. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments and travel, while keeping continuity of care with a registered or accredited professional.
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