Barbara Cross, NCPS

Barbara Cross is a UK-registered therapist with NCPS and nine years of practice supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, and life transitions. She works pluralistically, combining person-centred, solution-focused and psychotherapeutic methods so each plan can be shaped to the individual rather than forcing a single model on every situation. Her background includes training as a Pluralistic Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, Cognitive Hypnotherapist, and NLP Master Practitioner, and she brings that variety into a collaborative, respectful approach.

Clients seeking help with low motivation, self-esteem struggles, hoarding, career questions, depression, anger, intimacy or family issues will find practical tools as well as opportunities to explore underlying patterns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to map thought and behaviour links and offer techniques for managing symptoms. Person-centred work creates space to examine feelings and beliefs in a nonjudgemental way and to build greater self-awareness and confidence. Psychodynamic exploration can be offered when recurring patterns suggest roots in earlier experiences, helping people recognise how past influences shape present relationships and choices.

Sessions are tailored to each person, with an emphasis on empathy, honesty and gradual skill-building. Barbara aims to support people in developing self-compassion, clearer understanding and resilience so they can move forward with more confidence and agency.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Barbara commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Client-Centred approaches alongside hypnotherapy techniques to meet different needs. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns, offering practical strategies for managing anxiety, low mood and stress. Client-Centred Therapy creates a supportive, nonjudgemental space for exploring feelings and beliefs, helping people build self-awareness, confidence and emotional clarity. Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to access resources for change and can be helpful for motivation, habit change and some trauma-related symptoms.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Barbara works collaboratively with clients to clarify goals, preferences and the pace that feels comfortable, adapting methods over time to ensure the best fit for each person’s situation.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, by phone, or through live chat and text messaging - which makes it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to connect when in-person appointments are not possible. Registered professionals can provide consistent, ongoing support using these options, helping clients access care that suits their schedule and location.