Irina Florea , BACP

Irina Florea is a UK-based counsellor who holds BACP membership, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. She offers individual and couple therapy both online and in person in Frome and Bristol, working with people at different stages of life who are seeking clearer direction and more steadiness.

People come to Irina when they feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. Clients she has worked with often report feeling "never enough," chronically busy, or emotionally drained. In sessions she helps clients trace where these patterns began and develops practical, manageable ways to shift from disconnection and exhaustion toward greater clarity and confidence.

Her therapeutic manner is warm, clear, and collaborative - professional but human. Irina combines trauma-informed thinking with an attachment-aware perspective and attention to self-awareness, tailoring short- or long-term work to individual goals. She has experience supporting neurodiverse clients, those with ADHD, and people managing burnout, perfectionism, and complex family dynamics.

Her practice integrates gentle somatic and nervous-system based techniques such as body awareness, grounding, and mindfulness alongside structured, practical tools to help clients notice bodily signals and build regulation skills. As someone who has moved between countries, Irina also understands the layered experience of cultural transition, belonging, and loss, and she explores these themes with curiosity and compassion.

Outside of therapy she stays active through running, gym sessions, and long walks with her dog, and values time spent with her partner, friends, and family abroad. For more information she can be found at www.irinaflorea.com

Therapeutic approaches and online care with Irina Florea

Attachment-Based Therapy is focused on how early relationships influence current ways of relating and feeling safe with others; it helps with attachment wounds, abandonment concerns, intimacy problems, and patterns that repeat across relationships. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and pacing the work to the client's needs, supporting self-confidence, exploration of values, and coping with life transitions. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at longstanding patterns and unconscious influences that shape behavior and emotional responses, helping people understand roots of recurring difficulties such as family-of-origin issues and deeply held self-beliefs.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process and Irina works collaboratively with each person to determine what fits best based on needs, goals, and preferences. She combines elements from her training to create a tailored plan and reviews progress together, adjusting the approach as therapy unfolds.

Online therapy with Irina is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, or mobility needs, and to maintain continuity when life changes. Licensed professionals and therapists can adapt proven methods to remote formats so clients can engage in meaningful, practical work from wherever they are.