Barbara Cross

Barbara Cross is registered in the United Kingdom with the NCPS and brings nine years of professional experience to her therapeutic practice. She works as a Pluralistic Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and also holds qualifications as a Cognitive Hypnotherapist and an NLP Master Practitioner.

Her approach is flexible and collaborative, drawing on person-centred and solution-focused ideas so that the work can be shaped around each person’s needs. Practising pluralistically means she can combine methods and tailor sessions to create a personalised pathway that aims to be both practical and respectful of individual preferences.

Barbara supports people with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low motivation, self-esteem difficulties, relationship problems, parenting challenges, hoarding, career issues, confidence struggles, and depression. She also offers help with intimacy-related issues, family dynamics, anger, coping with life changes, and related areas noted in her specialisms. She is an older, female, non-religious therapist.

Among the therapies she uses are Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which examines thought patterns and the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and provides practical tools for change; Person-Centred Therapy, which emphasises empathy, acceptance and exploring personal beliefs and emotions from the client’s perspective; and Psychodynamic Therapy, which looks at recurring patterns and how past experiences can influence current relationships and behaviours.

Barbara aims to help people process difficult experiences that may be limiting them, and to build greater understanding, self-compassion and resilience. She is committed to treating everyone with respect, sensitivity and compassion, and she shapes each session and treatment plan to fit the individual’s needs. Taking the first step can be difficult, and she offers support and encouragement throughout the therapeutic journey.