Counsellor profile
Irma Goodwin, BACP
BACP counsellor - Family and parenting concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Caregiver stress
About Irma
Irma Goodwin is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She works with adults who are coping with stress, anxiety, grief and loss, anger, low self-esteem and motivation issues. She also addresses relationship and family concerns alongside trauma, eating and sleeping difficulties, and compassion fatigue.
Irma's starting point is practical. She asks about the problem you are facing now and what you want to change. Conversations focus on small, manageable steps. She aims to help people recognise strengths they already have and use those strengths to respond differently to difficult situations.
Sessions are conversational and straightforward. Irma listens to how problems show up in day-to-day life and helps people try out new ways of coping. She supports people dealing with caregiver stress, communication problems, control struggles, and the fallout of separation or divorce.
She also works with feelings like guilt, shame, impulsivity and isolation, and with questions about life purpose, finances and midlife change. For anxiety this can include practical tools to manage panic and social anxiety. For mood or grief the focus may be on pacing and rebuilding routines.
Irma uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in a way that aims to suit each person's goals. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients based outside the UK. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Irma uses common evidence-based techniques that focus on what people do day to day. One approach involves practical coping skills and behavioural steps to reduce anxiety and panic attacks. This helps with immediate symptoms and builds confidence in handling stressful moments.Another approach centres on mood and routine. It looks at small changes to sleep, activity and thinking patterns to ease low mood and grief. These steps are concrete and can be tried between sessions so progress is visible over time.
Finding the right mix of methods is collaborative. The therapist and client review problems, goals and preferences and decide together which techniques to try. Adjustments are made as work proceeds so the approach fits how the person prefers to work.
The original biography does not list supported session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around busy days, cut travel time and choose quieter moments for shorter check-ins or longer therapy slots. It also makes it possible to keep working with a therapist if you move countries, since international clients are accepted.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family or parenting issues does she help with?
She helps people with family conflict, parenting strain and communication problems. The work focuses on practical ways to cope and to communicate more clearly.
How does she approach anxiety and panic?
She uses evidence-based techniques and practical coping tools to reduce panic and manage social anxiety. Sessions focus on small steps that can be practised between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has four years of professional counselling experience and works in the UK. Her background includes helping people with mood, grief, anger and relationship concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She accepts clients who are based outside the UK.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list session formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Specific fees depend on where you are based.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.