About Orla
Orla Kirk is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years of experience. She focuses on practical support for people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, addiction or life changes. Orla aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where people can begin to make small, steady changes.
Orla works with concerns including relationships, grief, self-esteem and career pressures. She also supports those facing family problems, anger, trauma and ADHD-related challenges.
How Orla works
Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, fertility and caregiver stress. Her way of working is straightforward and person-centred. Orla listens to each person’s story and tailors conversations and goals to fit what matters most to them.
She draws on approaches that help people understand patterns, process painful events and try practical steps between sessions. Sessions can include talking through difficult memories, noticing how relationships affect day-to-day life, and setting small goals to improve coping. Orla also helps people explore feelings of emptiness, guilt, shame or isolation and find ways to rebuild confidence.
People who come to Orla usually want supportive, down-to-earth guidance rather than technical language. She aims to guide each person at a pace that feels manageable and to help them develop tools they can use beyond the therapy room.
Orla lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Orla works with
The areas below are the ones Orla selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical therapy approaches for online work
Attachment-based work helps people notice how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. It can be useful for people struggling with trust, abandonment fears or repeated relationship patterns and offers ways to try different responses in day-to-day life.Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and creating an accepting space so people can find their own answers. This approach suits those who need support to explore feelings, build confidence and make choices at a comfortable pace.
Solution-focused work looks at small, achievable changes and short-term goals. It is helpful when someone wants clear steps to improve coping, manage anxiety or move through a specific problem more quickly.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The counsellor works collaboratively to identify which methods fit the person’s needs, goals and preferences, and may combine elements as the work progresses.
Online sessions can take place by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for fuller conversations and non-verbal cues, phone sessions can be better when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a shorter check-in and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments.
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