Randa Barnes, BACP

Randa Barnes is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with 13 years of experience. She works with adults on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, addiction, trauma and grief. She also supports people dealing with eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD and life changes.

Randa uses a client-centred style that focuses on what matters to the person in the room. She combines that with attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships influence current patterns. Cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness practices are woven into sessions to help people notice thinking patterns and try different ways of responding.

Practical tools are a feature of her work. She helps people learn short, usable strategies for tension, impulsive reactions and communication problems. Conversations often include ways to manage overwhelm, set boundaries, and reduce recurring conflict with partners or family members.

She has experience addressing more specific themes such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, avoidant personality traits, body image and caregiver stress. She also works on family of origin issues, control and forgiveness concerns, hoarding tendencies and food-related struggles.

Sessions are offered in English and Arabic and Randa has worked with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. For someone dealing with built-up anger, resentment or frequent snapping, she offers steady, practical sessions that focus on understanding triggers and choosing different responses.

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