Irma Goodwin
Practical support for stress, anxiety and life change
About Irma
Irma Goodwin helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or grief. She speaks plainly and aims to make early steps feel manageable. Her approach is respectful and focused on the person's strengths and goals.
Irma works from the view that each person knows their story best. She offers a supportive space to talk things through and to find practical ways forward. Conversations cover everyday challenges like low confidence, trouble sleeping, panic, or feeling isolated.
Background and approach
Her practice also addresses relationship difficulties, LGBT concerns, and the emotional impact of trauma and loss. She helps with life changes such as divorce, midlife questions, or career uncertainty. Financial worries, caregiver stress and difficulties with control or impulsivity are also within her focus.
With four years of experience, Irma combines straightforward listening with practical suggestions. She encourages small experiments that can change how people feel and act. Sessions aim to build self-compassion, clearer communication and steadier moods.
Irma holds BACP, which indicates registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She offers sessions in English and sees international clients. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time to begin.
What Irma works with
Sessions & fees
Approaches that guide online sessions
Irma uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people make practical changes. One approach focuses on understanding and managing anxiety and panic through gradual exposure to feared situations and learning simple coping steps that reduce distress. Another approach emphasises building self-compassion and improving low self-esteem by identifying critical thoughts and practising kinder, more balanced self-talk.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and how symptoms affect daily life, then try methods that suit the person's needs. If something does not help, adjustments are made together so the work stays relevant and manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video works well for longer therapy conversations, phone calls can suit quicker check-ins or lower bandwidth, and messaging or chat can be used for brief reflections or between-session support. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
