About Iris
Iris Guenther offers a straightforward, person-focused approach to therapy. She uses practical, evidence-based methods to help people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress or life change. Iris speaks English, French and German and works from the United Kingdom.
She focuses on common day-to-day problems like worry, panic attacks, low self-esteem and trouble sleeping. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, addiction and issues around intimacy. Parenting strain, family conflict and career stress are other areas she addresses in sessions.
How Iris works
Iris draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new responses. Attachment-based ideas help when relationships and abandonment concerns are part of the problem. Sessions are person-centred, so the pace and tools are shaped around each individual.
Her background includes four years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That training informs how she plans sessions and works with people to set realistic goals. Practical steps are a common element of her work.
Clients can expect short exercises, breathing or grounding practices, and simple behaviour changes to try between meetings. Iris aims to make therapy a usable part of everyday life rather than a list of theories. She describes therapy as a collaborative process.
People who want a calm, direct style and clear techniques to manage anxiety or rebuild confidence may find her approach helpful.
Iris lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Iris works with
The areas below are the ones Iris selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English, French, German |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without trying to force them away, then commit to actions that reflect their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and motivation struggles. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical strategies to change patterns like worry or sleep disruption. Mindfulness therapy teaches short exercises to calm the body and attention, which can reduce reactivity and improve concentration.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and try techniques to see what fits best. That means sessions can draw on ACT, CBT, attachment ideas or person-centred methods as needed, and change over time according to what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and shared exercises, phone sessions suit people with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera, and text or live chat can support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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