Bianca Barbu, BACP

Bianca Barbu is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting strains, grief and low self-esteem. She supports those coping with trauma and life changes. Bianca aims to make the first steps feel less daunting and offers steady support through the process.

Bianca works in a calm, non-judgemental way. She creates space for people to say what they feel and to reflect on what matters. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what changes a person wants to try.

She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That approach is useful for people struggling with trust, closeness or separation worries. Bianca also draws on trauma-focused ways of working to help people process painful events and reduce distress linked to those experiences.

Her practice also includes client-centred principles, which put the person’s perspective at the centre of sessions, and systemic thinking to understand how relationships and family history influence current problems. These approaches are combined to suit each person’s needs rather than applied in the same way to everyone.

Bianca holds BACP registration, and she has six years of professional experience in the UK. She works with people on a range of issues including caregiver stress, blended family challenges, communication difficulties, isolation and feelings of emptiness. If you are thinking about starting therapy, she encourages a simple first step to see if the fit feels right.

How Bianca’s approaches translate to online therapy

Bianca uses attachment-based ideas and trauma-focused ways of working to guide sessions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current trust and closeness, and it helps when patterns of avoidance or fear of commitment cause problems. Trauma-focused work aims to gently process distressing events and reduce their hold on daily life, which can ease anxiety and improve sleep and concentration.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. Bianca will discuss goals and preferences with each person and decide together which methods to use. That collaborative decision helps tailor sessions to the issues a person brings and to what feels most helpful in practice.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow a quicker check-in on difficult days. They can also offer options for different kinds of conversation, such as longer exploratory sessions or shorter check-ins when life is hectic. Ask about current session arrangements when you make contact so you know which options are available.