Ingrid Koehler , BACP

Ingrid Koehler is a UK-based counsellor with BACP accreditation - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and fourteen years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and loss. She brings a compassionate, respectful style to her work and tailors conversations and treatment plans to each person's unique needs.

Her practice places particular emphasis on helping clients make sense of painful experiences, whether those arise from abuse, abandonment, chronic grief, or the long-term effects of traumatic events. Ingrid views therapy as a collaborative process that can illuminate patterns, strengthen inner resources, and open paths to greater self-understanding and emotional relief. She encourages exploring emotion - including feelings of overwhelm, anger, shame, numbness or isolation - to identify practical ways of coping and healing.

Ingrid combines an understanding of developmental and shock-related trauma with sensitivity to how relationship dynamics affect well-being. She works with issues such as intimacy concerns, attachment difficulties, eating and self-esteem struggles, and the stresses that follow major life changes. Drawing on a background in nursing and many years in cancer care and clinical trials, she brings an informed perspective to clients dealing with health-related distress.

Ingrid has substantial experience working with both individuals and couples. Her approach aims to create a caring therapeutic space where people can reflect, process difficult feelings, and rebuild confidence, trust and self-belief.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Ingrid draws on attachment-based therapy to explore how early relational patterns shape current relationships and emotional responses - this approach helps people understand trust, closeness and separation issues and is useful for attachment difficulties, abandonment concerns and intimacy struggles.

She also uses emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) to help individuals and couples identify and shift the emotional patterns that underlie conflict and disconnection - EFT supports people who want clearer emotional expression, stronger bonds and improved relationship communication.

In addition, trauma-focused approaches guide work with both single-incident and complex trauma, helping clients process painful memories, reduce distressing reactions, and rebuild a sense of safety and agency after abuse, neglect or loss.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Ingrid works collaboratively with each person to identify the methods that best fit their needs, goals and preferences, adapting the focus as therapy progresses so the work remains practical and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility - sessions by video or phone can fit into busy lives, while live chat and text messaging provide options for people who prefer written communication or need more frequent, shorter contacts. These formats make it easier to receive consistent support from licensed professionals regardless of geography, helping clients maintain momentum in their healing and growth.