About Ingried
Ingried Upingasana offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck. She focuses on helping individuals manage stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship difficulties. Her approach encourages small, steady steps toward clearer thinking and greater emotional balance.
With five years of experience and a BACP credential from the United Kingdom, she uses everyday language and down-to-earth strategies in sessions. She creates space for people to talk about identity, sexuality and faith, and affirms clients from LGBT communities.
Background and approach
Sessions are intended to be warm and non-judgemental while also aimed at building useful skills. Sessions combine listening with active tools. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change routines that maintain distress.
Mindfulness practices offer short exercises to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Client-Centred work gives people space to reflect and be heard while motivational techniques support change when clients are ready. Ingried also draws on ideas from Positive Psychology to boost hope, resilience and self-belief.
She can help with sleep and eating difficulties, addiction concerns, parenting strain, career stress and boundaries, among other issues. Practical tasks and gentle homework are offered when helpful. People who prefer a reflective, compassionate style alongside clear techniques may find her way of working helpful.
If you want a calm, steady guide and practical skills to manage life changes, she aims to partner with you to find a workable path forward.
What Ingried works with
Everything Ingried lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Ingried is listed here; the rest shows what else Ingried works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ingried lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and helping people feel understood. It gives space to explore feelings and make decisions at a personal pace, which can be useful for identity and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. It breaks problems into manageable steps and uses small experiments and practical tasks to shift patterns that maintain distress. Mindfulness Therapy involves short attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and build steady attention; it can help with anxiety, sleep and stress.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to find what suits your needs, goals and preferences, and may combine elements from different methods as appropriate. You and the counsellor will check in and adapt the plan as you go.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to keep momentum between appointments through tasks and reflective exercises agreed with the therapist.
Questions people ask about Ingried
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people experiencing stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, addictions and intimacy-related difficulties, among other challenges.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
The style is warm and client-centred with practical techniques. Sessions mix listening with tools from cognitive behavioural and mindfulness approaches to help with everyday coping.
What is her background and experience?
She has five years of practice experience and draws on a mix of counselling and coaching methods to support people through life transitions and emotional struggles.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the BACP and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Afrikaans.
What session formats are used?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific session formats.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with this counsellor?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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