- Years in practice
- 4
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Romanian
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Grief
About Irina
Irina Florea is a counsellor who offers empathetic, down-to-earth support for people feeling overwhelmed by life. She works with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, parenting strains and relationship difficulties. Irina also helps with burnout, addictions and struggles around identity and belonging.
Her approach is warm and collaborative. Sessions focus on understanding where difficult patterns come from and on trying small, practical changes that feel manageable. Irina uses grounding and mindful body-awareness techniques alongside conversation to help people notice what their body needs and to find steadiness.
Background and approach
She draws on attachment ideas and psychodynamic thinking to look at how early relationships shape present habits. Irina combines this with client-centred listening so people can lead the pace and focus of their work. Existential questions about meaning and purpose also feature, especially during big life transitions.
Irina is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and has four years of clinical experience. Sessions are offered online in English and Romanian and follow a structure that can be short term or longer term depending on the person’s aims. Having lived between countries, she understands the challenges of moving culture, shifting roles and feeling unrooted.
Outside work she keeps active with running and long walks with her dog, and values quiet alone time for reading, rest and reflection.
What Irina works with
Everything Irina lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Irina helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Irina lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online counselling using attachment and client-centred approaches
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps when people notice repeated reactions in parenting, relationships or stress and want to find different ways of relating. Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the session, offering attentive listening and helping people find their own solutions rather than being told what to do. Psychodynamic ideas look at how past experiences influence present choices and feelings, which can be useful when patterns feel stuck or confusing.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs and preferences and together decide which blend of methods feels most helpful. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow a fuller face-to-face feel, while phone sessions can fit a short break at work or need less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, reflective writing or ongoing support between sessions. These options help make counselling easier to fit around parenting, work and busy schedules.
Questions people ask about Irina
What kinds of concerns does Irina help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strains, relationship and family issues, burnout, addictions and identity concerns such as LGBT matters.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, clear and collaborative with an emphasis on listening, practical tools and gentle body-awareness to help people regulate emotions and build steadiness.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Irina has four years of clinical experience working with a range of issues including attachment, trauma, neurodiversity and complex family dynamics.
What professional credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Romanian.
What session formats are available online?
Irina provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging as ways to connect for therapy.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and costs vary with location and therapist availability.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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