Counsellor profile
Isabella Barrand, BACP
Counsellor - anxiety and grief support
See online counselling options- Attachment based
- Client centred
- Live messaging option
About Isabella
Counsellor and BACP member Isabella Barrand has six years' experience supporting people in the United Kingdom with stress, anxiety, grief and depression. She also helps with relationship strains, self-esteem and career concerns. Isabella works with issues linked to compassion fatigue and family matters as listed in her practice areas.
Isabella works from a person-centred view. She treats people as experts in their own lives and focuses on what the person brings to the room. Sessions aim to help clients talk through feelings, notice patterns and try small changes that feel manageable.
Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioural tools alongside emotionally-focused and existential perspectives. That means she pays attention to how early bonds affect current relationships, looks at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going, and examines the meanings people give to their lives. Conversations can cover practical coping skills as well as deeper relational themes.
The biography notes experience with a wide range of difficulties, including addiction, dissociation, domestic violence and personality-related concerns. These areas may be discussed in therapy when relevant to the person seeking help.
Isabella offers live messaging sessions as a stated option and asks people to match if they prefer that way of working. For other session formats she asks potential clients to confirm current options before booking. To begin, users follow the directory's matching process and arrange a first session.
How therapeutic approaches are used in online counselling
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and closeness. Online sessions can allow conversations about trust and connection and help people notice how past bonds affect present behaviour. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. In an online setting CBT can be used to spot unhelpful thought patterns, test small behaviour changes and practise coping strategies between sessions.Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and agree a way forward together. That might mean combining elements from attachment work and CBT, or trying one approach for a time and reviewing how it feels.
The profile specifies live messaging as a session option, so people who prefer typed sessions can match for that format. For any other session types the therapist asks clients to confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can meet from wherever is quieter and more convenient for them.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief and depression, and also supports people with relationship strain, self-esteem and career worries.
What is her main therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centred approach that treats the person as expert in their own life while also drawing on attachment ideas and cognitive behavioural techniques.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience working with the issues listed in her profile.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is listed as a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she accept clients from outside the UK?
She does not currently accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography states she offers live messaging sessions; please confirm any other session formats before booking.
How does payment and costs work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.