Ingried Upingasana

Ingried Upingasana offers calm, steady support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or relationship strain. She aims to help clients find clearer footing by gently rebuilding hope, resilience and a sense of direction. Conversations are paced to each person’s needs and centred on practical steps that can be used day to day.

With five years of practice, Ingried uses a mix of talking therapies and positive psychology ideas. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to spot unhelpful thinking, mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity, and person-centred listening to make space for how you feel. She also includes motivational methods to help with change and psychodynamic ideas when early patterns need exploring.

Her training is recognised by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and she works from a faith-sensitive, trauma-aware standpoint. That means spiritual questions can be included when they matter, and past hurt is treated with care rather than rushed through.

People contact her about many concerns beyond mood and anxiety, including addictions, self-esteem, intimacy-related worries, parenting strain, work stress, sleep and eating struggles, and issues linked to attachment or abandonment. She also affirms LGBT identities and provides a non-judgemental space for exploration.

Sessions aim to build hope, practical skills and a clearer sense of personal values. The focus is on small, achievable changes that add up over time. To begin, clients use the site’s Start Therapy flow and then arrange sessions to suit their situation.

How her approaches translate to online work

Ingried often uses Client-Centred Therapy to offer open, non-judgemental listening where the client leads the pace and topics. This approach helps people feel understood and heard, which can be the first step toward change.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to identify thinking patterns that feed anxiety or low mood and to practise small behavioural experiments. CBT is useful for worries, sleep problems, and repetitive negative thoughts. Mindfulness Therapy is used to build awareness of bodily and emotional reactions and to reduce reactivity through simple breathing and grounding practices.

Finding the right approach is part of the shared work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try different methods to see what helps most. Sessions are collaborative, and plans are adjusted as needs change.

The original biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm available formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around daily life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when a quick conversation helps. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt techniques like CBT worksheets, mindfulness exercises and motivational conversations to an online setting to keep progress moving forward.