Ingrid Koehler, BACP

Ingrid Koehler is a BACP-registered counsellor offering compassionate, person-centred support from the United Kingdom. With 14 years of professional experience and a private counselling practice established in 2011, she brings a background in NHS nursing, specialising in cancer care and clinical trials, to her therapeutic work. This clinical experience informs her sensitive approach to clients dealing with illness, loss, and life transitions.

She works with individuals and couples on a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, family and intimacy-related issues, eating problems, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, communication problems, dissociation, domestic violence, infidelity, loneliness, and coping with major life changes.

Ingrid prioritises respect, sensitivity, and tailored care, adapting dialogue and treatment plans to each person’s circumstances. She believes that talking alongside a skilled listener can help people make sense of painful experiences, recognise patterns, and access inner resources. By gently exploring emotional responses and life stories, she aims to help clients gain clarity, strengthen self-worth, and find practical ways to cope and move forward.

Her practice draws on relational and trauma-informed approaches to understand how difficulties have developed and to create a supportive space for healing and insight. As a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), she follows professional standards for counselling practice.

Relational and Trauma-Focused Work Delivered Online

Attachment-Based Therapy helps people explore how early relationships shape current patterns of relating and emotional needs. It is useful for those who struggle with trust, abandonment fears, or difficulties forming close bonds. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and reshaping emotional responses within relationships to improve connection and resolve recurring conflicts - it is often used with couples and individuals experiencing attachment-related distress. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding and processing the impact of traumatic events, including both single-incident trauma and prolonged developmental trauma, to reduce overwhelming symptoms and support recovery.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Ingrid works with each person to consider their history, goals, and preferences and will adapt methods as therapy progresses so the chosen approach fits the client’s needs and pace.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility for busy lives, geographic distance, or mobility limits. These options allow regular contact with registered professionals and therapists while making it easier to schedule sessions, maintain continuity of care, and access support from different locations.