Barbara Engels, BACP

Barbara Engels is a United Kingdom based therapist credentialed with the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and brings 18 years of professional experience supporting individuals, couples and parents. She works with people facing stress and anxiety, workplace pressures, intimacy and relationship difficulties, bereavement, family conflicts, low self-esteem and motivation concerns, and a range of life transitions.

She provides autism-informed counselling for couples and parents and attends to attachment-related issues alongside more general relationship and family challenges. Barbara adapts conversations and treatment plans to fit each person or family's particular needs, offering a tailored approach that balances empathy with practical support. Sessions are available in English and German, enabling clients to work in the language they prefer.

Barbara views reaching out for support as a brave first step toward change, and she aims to empower people as they explore goals, build skills and find clearer direction in their lives. She welcomes clients in the United Kingdom and from other countries who are seeking collaborative, respectful care.

Attachment and Psychodynamic Approaches for Online Care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape expectations and patterns in later connections. In accessible, relationship-focused work a therapist explores attachment styles and helps clients build safer, more secure ways of relating - useful for intimacy issues, relationship conflict and attachment concerns.

Psychodynamic Therapy looks at recurring patterns, emotional themes and unconscious influences that affect current behavior and relationships. By making these patterns clearer, the approach supports understanding of persistent difficulties such as low self-esteem, family problems and long-standing relationship struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Barbara will collaborate with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals and preferences. This collaborative exploration helps tailor sessions so therapy feels purposeful and relevant.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to fit care around work, family and different time zones. For many people the range of remote options increases access to licensed professionals and therapists, making it simpler to maintain regular sessions and continue progress from wherever they are.