Dagmar Ball, BACP

Dagmar Ball is a person-centered, humanistic therapist based in the United Kingdom with over 7 years of clinical experience. She has worked with children, young people and adults from age 11 onward, supporting individuals facing a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, autism and ADHD, low mood, personality disorder and suicidal thoughts. She has also worked with people who have experienced physical trauma or abuse, including physical, sexual, financial and domestic violence, and childhood abuse.

Her approach is warm and approachable, rooted in respect, sensitivity and compassion. She adapts sessions to each person, thinking creatively when needed to give clients the best possible experience of therapy. While she listens carefully and offers gentle challenges to unhelpful thinking, she believes clients hold their own answers and works alongside them to remove the band aids and support deeper healing and personal growth. Dagmar tailors therapy to individual needs and aims to help clients become the best version of themselves.

Dagmar is accredited with the BACP, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She welcomes people ready to take the courageous step toward greater self-understanding and is available to travel alongside them through their therapeutic journey.

Approaches for Online Healing and Trauma Work

Dagmar draws on client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where the client leads the pace and focus of sessions. This approach emphasizes empathy, active listening and collaboration to help people explore their feelings and build self-awareness - it is helpful for anxiety, low mood, relationship concerns and increasing self-esteem.

She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when trauma memories are a focus. EMDR involves structured processing to reduce the emotional intensity of traumatic memories and can support recovery after abuse, violence or other distressing events.

In addition, trauma-focused therapy methods are available to help process and resolve the impact of trauma on daily life, relationships and functioning. These approaches target the ways past experiences continue to affect current thoughts, feelings and behaviours and aim to restore a greater sense of coping and stability.

Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Dagmar collaborates with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses to ensure a good fit.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging - make it easier to access support from home or another convenient location. These formats offer flexibility in scheduling, allow continuity of care across locations and make it possible to receive consistent, professional support from registered professionals and therapists regardless of where someone is based.