Stefan Eckardt, BACP

Stefan Eckardt is a counsellor with ten years' experience working in the United Kingdom. He holds BACP accreditation, and he draws on systemic counselling and psychotherapy to understand how relationships shape everyday struggles. Stefan often helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship tensions and life changes.

His work focuses on patterns between people rather than on a single symptom. That means sessions look at how communication, expectations and roles affect what keeps problems going. Stefan uses clear, practical conversation to help people notice these patterns and try small, realistic changes.

He mixes several approaches to suit each person’s needs, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas. These are used to build grounding skills, shift difficult thoughts, and repair strained connections. Sessions aim to be straightforward and goal-focused while allowing space for emotion.

Stefan also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, addictions, ADHD and intimacy issues, as well as concerns connected to parenting, body image and career stress. He can work with concerns that touch on adoption, attachment, blended families and alternative sexual cultures.

Sessions are offered in English and German. International clients are not accepted at this time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled based on availability.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions that match their values. It often includes simple exercises to build psychological flexibility and cope with difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical techniques to change patterns that cause distress. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and expectations, and it helps repair connection and trust.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Stefan will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and may change as progress unfolds.

If you are considering online sessions, check the therapist's current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or remove travel time. Many people find remote sessions useful for maintaining continuity while juggling family, work or health demands. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt ACT, CBT and attachment-based work effectively over distance when both parties agree on how to proceed.