Ingrid Koehler, BACP

Ingrid Koehler is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties and trauma. She also supports those coping with grief, intimacy-related concerns, eating issues, anger and low self-esteem. Ingrid works with people dealing with life changes, compassion fatigue and problems linked to abandonment and attachment.

She writes in plain terms and listens first to each person’s story. Ingrid draws on Attachment-Based, Emotionally-Focused and Trauma-Focused approaches to understand how past experience shapes current feeling and behaviour. Conversations are tailored to what each person needs, with practical ways to cope and make sense of difficult moments.

Ingrid has 14 years of experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She previously worked in NHS nursing within cancer care and clinical trials before moving fully into counselling practice in 2011. Those clinical years inform her work with loss, serious illness and related stress.

Sessions aim to help people recognise patterns, unpack painful emotions and find clearer choices. Ingrid pays attention to how attachment and communication shape relationships, including issues like infidelity, codependency and commitment worries. She will work at a pace set by the client and offer a respectful, sensitive space.

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Ingrid encourages looking at both feelings and practical steps. She accepts clients in the United Kingdom and welcomes international enquiries in English.

Therapeutic approaches and online conversation

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current bonds and feeling. It helps when trust, closeness or abandonment keep showing up in relationships and everyday life.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on feeling and connection in relationships. It helps people name their emotions, see repetitive patterns in conflict and find new ways of relating to partners or close others.

Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on the effects of upsetting or frightening events. It offers ways to work through shock, prolonged hurt or repeated neglect and to reduce the power those experiences have over daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen, discuss goals and try methods that suit each person. Decisions about pace and focus are made together so therapy matches personal needs and preferences.

Please confirm available session options before booking, as the profile does not list specific online formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to access care from another region or country when that is helpful.