Barbara Engels, BACP

Barbara Engels is a UK-based counsellor accredited by the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) with 16 years of professional experience. She has worked for The Relate Counselling Service and for an autism-specialist charity, supporting individuals, couples and parents through a wide range of emotional and relational challenges.

Her practice covers stress and anxiety, particularly related to work, intimacy and relationship difficulties, bereavement, family conflict, and issues with self-esteem and motivation. She also offers specialised counselling for couples and parents affected by autism, bringing experience and sensitivity to those particular needs.

Barbara emphasises respect, sensitivity and compassion in her therapeutic work, and she adapts both conversation style and treatment plans to suit each person or family she sees. Sessions can be held in English or German, and she is able to work in the client’s preferred language. Barbara supports and empowers people who are ready to take steps toward a more fulfilling life, helping them explore goals, develop coping strategies and build lasting change.

Attachment and Psychodynamic Support Online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds and current relationship patterns influence emotional wellbeing. It helps people understand attachment styles, improve communication in close relationships, and work through intimacy or parenting challenges that stem from those patterns.

Psychodynamic Therapy explores recurring feelings and unconscious patterns that shape behaviour and relationships. It supports people who want to uncover the roots of anxiety, low self-esteem, grief or repeating relationship difficulties to develop new ways of relating and coping.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Barbara works with each client to identify which therapeutic style or combination of approaches best fits their needs, goals and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access support from different locations. Registered professionals can provide consistent, ongoing care through these options, helping clients maintain momentum and build change in a format that suits them.