Ingried Upingasana, BACP

Ingried Upingasana offers calm, practical support for people facing big life changes and emotional strain. She listens without judgement and helps clients notice strengths they can use day to day. Sessions aim to make small, useful changes that add up to better coping and clearer direction.

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Counselling and Coaching and a Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. She has five years’ experience and holds BACP registration. Her background blends talking approaches with practical exercises drawn from positive psychology and coaching.

Her style is warm and person-focused. Sessions often begin with what matters most to the client and move at a steady, manageable pace. She uses simple mindfulness practices, thought-work from cognitive behavioural therapy, and goal-focused techniques to break problems into steps.

Ingried also pays attention to past hurts and attachment patterns that keep repeating in relationships. That means looking at how earlier experiences shape current feelings and choices, while staying grounded in present goals. She can include spiritual or faith concerns when clients want that explored.

People come to her for stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship pain, identity questions, self-esteem problems, addiction concerns, parenting strain, and coping with life transitions including midlife issues. She affirms LGBT clients and provides a non-judgemental space for exploring intimacy and identity.

Sessions focus on building hope, resilience and practical routines. The work combines listening, skill-building, and simple experiments clients can try between meetings to test new ways of coping.

How her approaches work online and in therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the person as they are. The therapist listens closely and follows the client's lead to help them feel heard and clearer about their choices. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses simple exercises to test and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches short attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods suit their current goals and preferences. That may mean trying different techniques over a few sessions and adapting what works best for everyday life.

The therapist's profile does not specify session formats, so please confirm the available online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and offer a way to continue care when life is hectic. Some formats also make shorter check-ins possible or avoid needing to be on camera, which can help people manage practical barriers to attending.