Ingried Upingasana, BACP

Ingried Upingasana offers practical, compassionate support for people facing hard life moments. She aims to help clients reduce stress, manage anxiety, and rebuild confidence so everyday life feels more manageable. Ingried meets people with warmth and clear tools rather than judgement. She has five years of clinical experience and holds a BACP credential, which is recorded as BACP in her profile. Ingried draws on several counselling approaches to tailor sessions to each person’s needs, mixing talking therapies with exercises that focus on thinking patterns and present-moment awareness. Sessions often focus on immediate problems and practical steps people can try between meetings. Work might include spotting unhelpful thought patterns, building small routines to improve sleep and mood, and trying brief mindfulness exercises to reduce stress. The aim is to give tools that fit into a busy life. Ingried also creates space for exploring deeper issues like past trauma, attachment wounds, and patterns that repeat in relationships. She can support people dealing with addiction, bereavement, body image and identity struggles, and the emotional load of caregiving or long-term health challenges. She welcomes clients who identify as LGBT and offers faith-sensitive support for those who wish to include spiritual beliefs in their sessions. Sessions are offered in English and Afrikaans and are conducted from the United Kingdom.

How selected approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and reflecting what matters to you so you feel understood and can make your own choices. It helps when someone needs a calm space to talk through feelings and decisions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers small, practical tasks to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and coping with stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try different ways of working and adjust methods to match what helps you most. That process is collaborative, with shared decisions about focus and pace.

Confirm which session formats are available before booking, as the profile does not list specific delivery methods. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments around work, caregiving and medical appointments. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited and let people use tools like worksheets and audio-guided mindfulness between sessions to support progress.