Barbara Craig, BACP

Barbara Craig is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years' practice. She works with adults on problems such as anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, parenting stress and anger. Sessions are offered in English and Polish, and she accepts international clients.

She sees both open-ended therapy and short-term counselling. Barbara draws on several approaches and adapts them as conversations unfold. That might mean using practical exercises from cognitive behavioural therapy or slower work about attachment and past relationships.

Her work addresses practical life pressures and past hurts. She helps people talk through loss, transitions, and difficult family dynamics. She also supports people dealing with addictions, eating issues, and the effects of trauma or coercive control.

She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice their thoughts and commit to values-based action. Mindfulness techniques are offered to reduce reactivity and increase awareness in the moment. Client-centred listening is part of how she builds a collaborative relationship.

Barbara also pays attention to attachment patterns and how early relationships shape current difficulties. That can be useful when anger, control issues or codependency keep repeating in relationships. She includes family and systemic ideas when relationship patterns are a factor.

Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Fees vary depending on location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

Approaches used in online counselling