About Irene
Irene Martin Alvarez helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low in confidence, or overwhelmed by life changes. She supports people facing relationship strain, panic attacks, depression, and struggles with self-esteem. Irene works in English and Spanish and is based in the United Kingdom.
Irene draws on three years of practice and holds the NCPS credential. She has worked alongside police services and with a national charity supporting survivors of domestic abuse.
Background and approach
She also participated in a partnership programme with the UNHCR and the Home Office to support people affected by trauma and persecution. In sessions she aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about what matters most to them. Irene uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts the way she works to each person.
She believes clients are the experts in their lives and supports them to build on their strengths. She has experience supporting people with abandonment and attachment concerns, communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, and midlife challenges. She also works with those recovering from post-traumatic stress and panic disorder, and with people exploring self-love and women's issues.
Irene has training in complex trauma stress studies and has completed courses in transactional analysis, ecotherapy, and redecision work. She also has person-centred counselling certificates at level 2 and 3. Her sessions are intended as a collaborative process to help people find clearer ways forward.
Approaches that help with anxiety and life changes
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people manage distress and rebuild confidence. Transactional analysis helps people notice patterns in how they relate to others and themselves, and it can be useful for relationship and communication problems. Ecotherapy elements work with connection to nature as a way to reduce stress and support emotional well-being. Trauma-informed redecision work offers structured ways to revisit difficult memories and make different choices about how those memories shape daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to a person's goals, needs and preferences. That way the process stays collaborative and aims to match practical steps to what the person wants to change.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow a full face-to-face style conversation while phone sessions can be simpler if bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing or want flexibility between scheduled appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while maintaining continuity of care with a registered professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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