Orla Kirk, BACP

Orla Kirk is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has five years of professional experience. She regularly works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, low self-esteem and motivation. Sessions are described as respectful and sensitive, with an emphasis on practical steps that help people manage day-to-day challenges.

Her main areas of focus also include depression, addictions, family and trauma and abuse. She supports people coping with anger, career pressures, major life changes and aspects of attention difference such as ADHD. Additional concerns she addresses include attachment and abandonment worries, body image, caregiver stress, and feelings of isolation or emptiness.

Orla draws on several well-known therapeutic approaches. She uses client-centred ways of working to listen and reflect what matters to each person. She also offers solution-focused techniques to set achievable short-term goals and trauma-informed methods for people affected by past harm.

In sessions she pays attention to patterns in relationships, using ideas from attachment work and Internal Family Systems to help people notice conflicting parts of themselves. Conversations tend to be practical and paced to the person’s readiness, with space for emotional processing alongside goal-setting.

Orla practises in the United Kingdom and runs sessions in English. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and to schedule a first appointment through the site’s booking flow.

How Orla uses therapeutic approaches in online work