Barbara Cross

• Stress and anxiety
• CBT and hypnotherapy
• Parenting and relationships

About Barbara

Barbara Cross works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She uses a flexible, pluralistic approach and draws on client-centred and solution-focused ideas to shape sessions to the person's needs. Barbara is registered with the NCPS and has nine years of professional experience.

She describes her work as collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on understanding what keeps a problem going and on learning clearer ways to cope. Barbara uses methods that include cognitive behavioural ideas, hypnotherapy and motivational interviewing where these fit the client's aims.

Barbara helps people talk through relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stresses and communication problems. She also works with anger, career changes, coping with life transitions, and concerns such as abandonment, codependency and attachment issues.

Her clinical approach includes Narrative Therapy to look at the stories people tell about themselves. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to identify thought patterns that affect mood and behaviour. Hypnotherapy may be employed as an additional technique when appropriate to support change.

Barbara aims to develop clearer goals with each person and to use practical techniques to make progress between sessions. Fees vary by location and are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How Barbara uses practical approaches in online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and exploring a person's feelings and beliefs without direction, which helps people gain clarity about their choices and confidence in taking next steps. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviours in everyday life and offers practical tools to reduce symptoms such as anxiety or low mood. Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to support change in habits or emotional responses when that approach is suitable.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. Barbara will discuss goals and preferences with the client and try methods that fit their needs, adjusting the plan as progress is reviewed. The emphasis is on trying things that can be practised between sessions and agreeing small, practical steps.

The biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling around work or family commitments, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Registered or accredited professionals can use a range of methods remotely, and Barbara will explain how any chosen approach will be applied in scheduled sessions.

Topics Barbara lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Coaching
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Intimacy-related issues
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Coping with life changes
• Abandonment
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Money and financial issues
• Narcissism
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Phobias
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Hypnotherapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Narrative Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Barbara

What issues does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem problems and depression, plus relationship and parenting concerns and career or life changes.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

Her practice is pluralistic and client-centred, drawing on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, hypnotherapy and motivational interviewing depending on need.

How much experience does she have?

Barbara has nine years of professional experience working with a range of common mental health and relationship issues.

What are her professional credentials and location?

She is registered with the NCPS and is based in the United Kingdom.

Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?

She accepts international clients and offers sessions in English.

What session formats are available?

Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.