About Barbara
Barbara Craig is a counsellor who uses a blend of practical talking therapies to help adults facing major life stresses. She works in English and Polish and supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship problems and parenting strain. Barbara also helps with grief, addiction concerns, low self-esteem and major life changes.
Her approach is flexible and tailored to each person. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and attachment-informed ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding.
Background and approach
Sessions can be open-ended or shorter term depending on what someone needs. Barbara has five years' professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She describes the therapy room as non-judgemental and empathic, and aims to create a trusting relationship where issues can be explored safely.
Her practice includes support for people affected by trauma and abuse, relationship conflict, divorce and separation, attachment difficulties, and caregiving stress. She also works with concerns such as abandonment, blended family issues, codependency and dissociation. People who choose her often want straightforward, practical conversations alongside deeper exploration of past patterns.
She encourages clients to bring their goals and to shape the work together. Reaching out for help is framed as a first step towards clearer direction and improved coping.
How Barbara’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and ongoing life stress where someone wants clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and uses practical exercises to shift patterns. This approach suits problems like panic, phobias and mood change. Attachment-Informed work focuses on how early relationships shape current ways of relating; it can help with trust issues, commitment concerns and repeated relationship patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then try methods that seem helpful. Sessions are collaborative - adjustments are made if something is not working or if different tools are needed.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls give a face-to-face feeling while saving travel time. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing support between meetings and can fit into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care across locations and busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Polish
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