- Years in practice
- 4
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Polish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Barbara
Barbara Josik uses psychodynamic and integrative approaches to help people make sense of difficult emotions and patterns. She creates a warm, non-judgemental space where clients can talk about what feels stuck. Her style aims to be compassionate and straightforward so parents can focus on practical change.
Barbara works with common concerns such as anxiety, stress, depression and grief. She also helps people facing relationship strain, parenting pressures and issues with self-esteem.
Background and approach
Addictions, trauma and intimacy-related worries are included in her practice too. Sessions are typically fifty minutes and usually weekly, with flexibility to meet more often when needed. The first session is a chance to share what has brought someone to therapy and to agree how to proceed.
Barbara emphasises mutual fit and clear expectations from the start. Her background includes work across different mental health and therapeutic settings over four years. That experience has given her exposure to cases involving bereavement, trauma, anger, social anxiety and family concerns.
She draws on this experience to tailor sessions to each person's situation. Barbara draws on several therapeutic ways of working, including client-centred listening, psychodynamic perspectives and cognitive behavioural ideas. She adapts the approach to the person rather than using one fixed method.
Sessions are offered in English and Polish for people based in the United Kingdom.
What Barbara works with
Everything Barbara lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Barbara helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Barbara lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How psychodynamic and CBT work online
Psychodynamic work looks at patterns that repeat in day-to-day life and in relationships. It helps people understand where feelings and reactions may come from and how past experiences influence the present. This approach can be useful for parents who want to make sense of longstanding worries or recurring conflicts.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. It often uses simple exercises and experiments to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and manage low mood. CBT can be helpful when someone wants clear tools to try between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Barbara will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and daily realities to decide what to try first. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted over time as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy fit around busy family life. Video works well for a face-to-face conversation, phone can be quicker when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options let people fit therapy into work, childcare and other routines while keeping continuity of care.
Questions people ask about Barbara
What concerns can Barbara help with?
She offers help for stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship strain, along with parenting pressures, trauma, self-esteem and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Barbara works in an integrative way, combining psychodynamic listening with client-centred and cognitive behavioural ideas to suit each person.
What experience does she bring?
She has four years of experience working in various mental health and therapeutic settings supporting people with a wide range of issues.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Polish.
How are sessions delivered?
Barbara offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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