Irma Tarlarini

My private practice near Locksbottom, Orpington is open Monday to Thursday from 1pm until my last session at 8pm. 

50 minutes for Individuals (£70) 

1 hour for Couple/Relationship & Sex Therapy (£105)

Reduced rate for Trainee Counselling Students (£50)

I offer FREE Initial Consultations via Zoom for 15 minutes so if you wish, email to arrange a "get to understand each other" chat before having to commit to counselling.

If you would like to start counselling straight away, please email & I will respond within 24-48 hours.

Thank you.

I provide integrative counselling & psychotherapeutic support for Individuals & Couples. My relational approach can help you gain a deeper sense of who you are & in learning to understand yourself, we explore your reasons for feeling depressed, anxious, or why you have addictive behaviours, suicide ideation, low-self-esteem, or are self-harming, or suffer from trauma through physical, emotional, sexual or neglectful abuse. 

As a Relationship/couple/Sex & Intimacy Therapist, I support you to gain understanding of your individuality within your relationship, how each of your previous life experiences affected you. I support you to understand new ways of connection with different communication skills, so you gain a more balanced way of being together in your unique relationship. In all relationships; parent with teenager, romantic couple, intimate/sexual with other (monogamy, ENM or "poly"), or work colleagues, I support you to gain better understanding of how you relate with yourself to help you relate with new insights towards others.

My experience has shown me how much my clients manage to find out their answers within themselves. As I hear what you say & feel & see your reactions, I provide the warmth, resilience & energy to enable you to explore & find a renewed sense of being. It sometimes gets emotional but we work together for you, for your relationships, to find your way forward.

I work towards building our Relationship, whilst integrating Person-Centred, Psychodynamic Attachment, Existential theories, & some understanding of how the Brain works when we've experienced Emotional, Physical, Sexual &/or Neglectful Trauma. Developments in Neuroscience explain so much more about the way human beings develop for survival, how the brain protects the body and vice versa. Integrating ourselves as a whole being, connecting within, helps us to connect to others and create better relationships.

I specialise in counselling Individuals, Couples, & different types of Relationships, working with your communication issues, intimacy and sexual concerns, whether you're in monogamous, non-monogamous (ENM) or polyamorous relationships.

If you're a Trainee Counsellor, I'll work with you through the theories, your personal experiences with your tutors and fellow students, encouraging personal development through continued exploration & curiosity, towards your professional and personal goals.

Check out my website to see more detailed information.

I look forward to supporting you in my Private Practice therapy room or Online.

Our first session will be a combination of an Assessment and Counselling, enabling you to present your Individual or Relationship/Couple issues and exploring where you would like to be in future; what your goal is for counselling. It is the only session when I will be taking notes with you about your history. I get an understanding of your past, any previous counselling you may have had, your childhood experiences, your family dynamic, any forms of self-harm, suicidal thoughts, alcohol or substance abuse, and anything else you feel important to tell me. 

Our first session will be 50 minutes for individuals and 1 hour for relationship/couples. It will be more directed by me than our following sessions, but on your terms, what you feel comfortable with speaking about.

I provide warmth and a confidential space for all my clients. Every first session has always proved a relief, a place where each client has been able to release so much, they already feel the benefit of finding time for themselves. Each person or couple returns on the same day, at the same time, weekly or fortnightly, for as long as needed.