About Barbara
Barbara Harrison helps people facing relationship strain, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief and major life changes. She supports people dealing with work stress, career doubts, trauma and abuse, sleeping problems, anger, compassion fatigue and intimacy-related issues. Barbara is named up front so people know who they will meet.
She takes a practical, down-to-earth approach. Sessions focus on what feels most pressing for the person in front of her. Conversations are tailored to each person's situation and goals, with space for reflection and practical steps for change.
How Barbara works
Barbara uses a mix of approaches to suit different needs. Client-Centred Therapy helps centre the conversation on the client's experience. Mindfulness techniques teach simple ways to manage stress and anxiety in daily life.
Trauma-Focused Therapy offers a focused way to address past harms. She also draws on Imago Relationship Therapy and psychodynamic ideas when they add value. That helps when relationship patterns or long-standing emotional habits are part of the problem.
The overall aim is to increase self-awareness and make everyday life feel more manageable. Barbara has five years of practice and holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. She offers support with a wide range of concerns including bereavement, family difficulties, communication problems, codependency and issues linked to ageing.
Practical coaching for career and management is also available alongside therapeutic work.
Barbara lists 5 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
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that suit online work and everyday life
Barbara blends Client-Centred Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to help people manage current stresses and learn ways to be kinder to themselves. Client-Centred work focuses conversations around the person's experience and priorities, which can help when sorting out relationships and self-esteem. Mindfulness offers simple practices to reduce anxiety and improve sleep by training attention and breathing.She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy when past harms continue to cause distress. That approach aims to reduce the ongoing impact of traumatic experiences by working at a pace set by the person and using techniques suited to each individual's needs. Choosing the right mix of approaches is collaborative; the therapist will help identify what fits best based on goals, preferences and how each method feels in practice.
Online work makes this process flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier for brief check-ins, while live chat or text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing or want ongoing short check-ins. These formats help fit therapy around work, travel or a busy family life and make it easier to keep momentum between sessions.
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