Ingrid Koehler, BACP

Ingrid Koehler is a UK-registered counsellor with 12 years of professional experience who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and grief and loss. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity and compassion, shaping conversations and treatment plans to fit the specifics of each individual’s situation. Ingrid works to create a warm, attentive environment in which people can explore what is troubling them and begin to make sense of difficult experiences.

She regards reaching out for help as an act of courage and sees counselling as a way to join the dots around confusion and pain. Ingrid describes the counsellor’s role as offering a reflective mirror and a steady witness - a presence that helps people notice things they may have missed and develop clearer understanding of their circumstances. This process can bring practical clarity and emotional relief when life has felt overwhelming or when past hurts continue to have an impact.

Her practice centres on compassionately tracing how problems have developed, beginning with the story the client chooses to share and then identifying coping strategies and ways forward. Ingrid aims to come alongside clients at a pace that respects their comfort, providing a safe and trusting therapeutic space whether sessions take place in person or online. She encourages exploring emotions openly, including feelings of being out of control, numbness, overwhelming sadness, anger, shame, guilt or confusion, and she helps clients work through how those feelings relate to relationships and life history.

Ingrid recognises the particular effects of trauma, including single-incident trauma and longer-term developmental or complex trauma, and she also addresses the toll of short- and long-term grief, loss and wider life changes. Her background includes nursing work within the NHS in cancer care and clinical trials, from which she is now retired, and she has worked in private counselling practice since 2011. Ingrid offers support to both individuals and couples. She holds BACP registration - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which reflects adherence to recognised professional standards.