Ina Thomson
Calm, person-centred therapy for everyday struggles
About Ina
Ina Thomson helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, grief, relationship strain, or issues around parenting and intimacy. She works with people struggling with eating concerns, anger, panic attacks, and feelings of isolation or low self-worth. Ina meets clients in English and German and brings a calm, patient presence to sessions.
Ina uses a humanistic approach that focuses on each person’s strengths and capacity to change.
Background and approach
She combines listening with practical tools, so sessions can be more exploratory or more structured depending on what someone needs. Conversations are tailored to the person rather than following a single formula. Her practice includes techniques that challenge negative thoughts and habits, alongside attention to how the nervous system responds to stress and trauma.
That means sessions often involve spotting triggers, linking strong reactions to earlier experiences, and practising ways to steady emotions. Ina also has experience supporting people who identify as highly sensitive. Sessions can be used to talk things through, to set clear goals, or to learn specific coping skills for panic, sleep disturbance, or heavy emotions.
Ina aims to create a respectful and non-judgemental space. She works at a pace chosen by the client and adapts methods as progress unfolds. With three years of professional experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Ina blends practical techniques with an empathetic, person-centred style.
People come when they want clearer thinking, steadier reactions, or more self-compassion.
What Ina works with
Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Ina often uses a humanistic, person-centred approach which focuses on a person's strengths and capacity to change. This means sessions concentrate on understanding feelings, exploring values, and building self-compassion to tackle issues like low self-esteem, life purpose, or loss.She also uses techniques that challenge unhelpful thoughts and behaviour patterns. These practical tools help with anxiety, panic attacks, and depression by identifying negative thinking, testing it, and learning new, more helpful responses. Additionally, Ina pays attention to the nervous system - recognising triggers and practising grounding or regulation strategies to reduce intense reactions after trauma or stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options together and choose methods that fit the client’s goals, needs, and preferences. This collaborative process can be adjusted as progress is made and as new priorities emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people read facial cues and have a fuller conversation, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy around work, childcare, and daily life while keeping continuity of care with the same therapist.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, German
