About Barbara
Barbara Josik uses a person-centred and psychodynamic approach to help people unpack difficult feelings and life events. She offers a calm, warm space where clients can talk about worries and start to notice patterns that feel stuck. Barbara holds a BACP accreditation and brings four years of professional experience to her work.
Barbara usually works weekly in fifty-minute sessions, and she and the client agree how often to meet. Early sessions focus on what is on the client’s mind now and what they hope to change.
How Barbara works
She explains the way she works so people can decide if the approach feels right for them. Her practice blends talking therapies with practical strategies. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and solution-focused ideas to set clear, achievable steps.
Mindfulness practices and psychodynamic thinking are used to help clients notice patterns rooted in past experience. Barbara has worked in a range of mental health and therapeutic settings. She has supported people dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, bereavement, low self-esteem and stress.
She also helps with issues such as addiction, anger, sleep difficulties, parenting strain and compassion fatigue. Sessions are offered in English and Polish for people based in the United Kingdom. Barbara asks new clients to complete an initial meeting so both sides can see if the working relationship feels helpful and to agree goals and practical arrangements.
Barbara lists 8 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English, Polish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical therapy approaches for online support
Barbara uses Client-Centred Therapy to offer an accepting, listening environment where people can speak about what matters most to them. This approach focuses on the client’s experience and encourages self-awareness and personal growth. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours through simple exercises and homework. CBT is helpful for anxiety, low mood and unhelpful habits. Mindfulness Therapy introduces short attention and breathing practices to reduce distress and improve emotional balance, which can help with stress and sleep problems. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Barbara will discuss clients' goals, preferences and everyday demands and suggest methods that fit those needs. The plan is collaborative - the therapist and client check in and adapt techniques as progress is made. Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video calls allow more face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be lighter on bandwidth, and messaging works well for quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options aim to increase flexibility so people can keep therapy going around work, family and other commitments.Start online instead of waiting
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