About Margaret
Margaret Finnegan is a counsellor who helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxious thoughts. She works with individuals dealing with relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem and depression. Her approach is calm and down-to-earth, aimed at making conversations feel straightforward and manageable for a worried parent reading on a phone.
She has five years' experience working one-to-one and in groups to promote mental health awareness. Margaret uses a client-centred way of working, so sessions focus on what matters most to the person sitting in front of her.
Background and approach
She also draws on techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns. In sessions she helps people talk through difficult feelings like guilt, shame, isolation and social anxiety. Practical steps are paired with listening so clients leave with small, usable things to try between sessions.
The aim is to make emotional concerns easier to manage day to day. Margaret is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She practises from the United Kingdom and runs sessions in English.
She is currently not taking international clients. To begin, she encourages people to reflect on what they most want to change and to bring that into the first meeting. That first conversation is used to agree what to focus on and to set simple goals together.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens without judgement and follows the client's priorities, helping them to name what feels hardest and to decide the next steps. This approach suits people who want a steady, empathetic space to talk and be heard.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses simple exercises and practical strategies to spot unhelpful thinking and to try small changes. CBT techniques can be useful for managing anxiety, stress, social fears and low mood.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals and preferences and will adapt the way she works to fit each person's needs. That collaborative decision helps make sessions feel relevant and manageable.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions are useful when a quieter or lower-bandwidth option is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These choices make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and day-to-day routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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