Ingried Upingasana
Calm, practical support for life’s tough moments
About Ingried
Ingried Upingasana offers calm, steady support for people facing stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship difficulties. She meets people with warmth and patience and helps them find small, practical steps to feel better. Ingried works in English and Afrikaans and has five years of experience as a counsellor.
She holds BACP accreditation, which is listed as BACP in her credentials. Her style is compassionate and person-centred. Sessions aim to build confidence, hope and resilience through simple, usable tools.
Background and approach
She often uses mindfulness and cognitive-behavioural ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding. Ingried also pays attention to how past experiences shape current feelings and relationships. That means looking at attachment and abandonment issues and how early relationships influence trust and closeness.
She can support people coping with trauma and abuse, and those managing addictive behaviours or compassion fatigue. Many of her sessions include brief coaching elements to help with goals like career decisions, parenting strain or life changes. She works with concerns around body image, intimacy, eating and sleeping, and with people exploring faith and spirituality alongside therapy.
People choosing to work with her will find a practical focus on skills such as mindfulness, gratitude practices and motivational strategies. Sessions are aimed at helping people feel steadier and better able to manage everyday stresses and big life challenges.
What Ingried works with
How Ingried works
Listed by Ingried among the ways they work.
Listed by Ingried among the ways they work.
Listed by Ingried among the ways they work.
Listed by Ingried among the ways they work.
Listed by Ingried among the ways they work.
Listed by Ingried among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
How Ingried blends approaches for online help
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to you so you feel understood and accepted; this approach supports self-esteem, identity questions and relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep issues. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve emotional regulation, useful for anxiety, compassion fatigue and addiction recovery.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals, needs and preferences. Sessions may include a mix of listening, practical exercises, goal-setting and short coaching tasks so the plan evolves as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how and when people meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing or want ongoing check-ins between calls. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel while working with registered or accredited professionals.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| 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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Afrikaans
