About Cleo
Cleo Irish Zorrilla brings a gentle, reflective way of working to people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem and depression. She is a BACP counsellor and aims to make sessions straightforward and useful. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what a person wants to change.
Cleo uses time together to help clients untangle feelings and find clearer choices. She combines psychodynamic ideas with solution-focused techniques. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns from the past that still affect day-to-day life.
How Cleo works
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, practical steps that move a person toward their goals. Together these approaches help with mood problems, panic, phobias, addiction concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, and coping with major life changes. Cleo also offers support around relationship and family problems, communication difficulties, attachment and abandonment worries, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation.
She addresses parenting strains, career stresses and questions about life purpose. Work on body image, eating-related issues and recovery after domestic violence is included in her practice. She has four years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom and works in English.
Sessions are available through several online formats so people can choose what fits their routine. Cleo aims to be practical, thoughtful and respectful of each person's pace. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step match people with a suitable session time and format.
The focus is on making therapy workable and relevant for everyday life.
Cleo lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Cleo works with
The areas below are the ones Cleo selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Cleo's approaches work online
Psychodynamic Therapy looks at repeating patterns and past experiences that influence feelings today. It can help people understand why certain relationship or emotional responses keep happening and bring them into the present for gentle review.Solution-Focused Therapy is goal-oriented and practical. Sessions identify small, achievable steps that move a person toward clearer routines, better sleep, fewer panic episodes or improved coping with life changes.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist discusses your goals and preferences and together they decide which methods to try. That collaborative stance means plans can be adjusted as therapy progresses to fit real life needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation when that helps, while phone calls need less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, written reflections or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make therapy more flexible for work breaks, caregiving schedules or different time zones, and let people pick the format that best supports their day-to-day routine.
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A practical next step
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