Orla is a Dietitian in the National Health Service in Wales, UK and alongside this role, provides MI training across the UK to a wide variety of organisations. She co-delivers MI workshops with Prof Stephen Rollnick, the co-founder of MI. Orla first came to MI in 2006 and became a member of MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers) in 2011, she was then successful in attaining the new MINT Trainer Certification in 2023. She currently serves as the Chair on the MINT UK & Ireland committee and has served on a number of MINT committees. Orla is originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland and lives in Cardiff with her husband and two sons.