Irma Goodwin , BACP

Irma Goodwin offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, low mood, or life changes. She welcomes people who are struggling with anxiety, grief, anger, self-esteem or questions about identity and purpose. Sessions are aimed at helping someone find clearer steps forward and rebuild confidence in day-to-day life.

Irma works from the view that each person knows their life best. She listens for strengths and small wins to build on. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what useful changes are possible next.

With four years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), Irma brings steady, practical support to emotional and relational difficulties. Her background includes helping people cope with loss, panic attacks, mood struggles, and compassion fatigue.

She also helps with everyday pressures such as caregiver stress, money worries, career uncertainty and problems with communication or control. Irma pays attention to how these pressures affect sleep, appetite and motivation, and she works with people to make manageable adjustments.

Irma’s style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She offers clear, achievable steps and encourages self-compassion along the way. The aim is to help people move from feeling stuck to finding small changes that make life easier.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Irma uses evidence-based techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach is problem-focused work that breaks big problems into small, manageable steps to reduce anxiety and improve day-to-day functioning. Another is emotion-focused support which helps name difficult feelings like grief, shame or anger and find healthier ways to respond when they arise.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Irma will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made so therapy fits the person, not the other way around.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls are useful for a fuller conversational experience, phone sessions work well if lower bandwidth is needed, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging allows for flexible, ongoing support between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more accessible and easier to fit around work, family and daily life.