Margaret Wilde

• Trauma recovery
• Mindfulness practices
• Cognitive behavioural work

About Margaret

Margaret Wilde helps people work through stress, anxiety, trauma and relationship concerns using a pluralistic approach that draws from different therapies. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has eight years' experience since qualifying as a therapeutic counsellor.

Before qualifying she worked for fifteen years in mental health and learning disability settings, which informs her practical outlook. Her main clinical focus has been trauma recovery, and she supports people dealing with grief, addiction, workplace strain and parenting pressures.

Margaret adapts sessions to what each person needs. She mixes psychodynamic ideas with client-centred ways of working and cognitive behaviour techniques. Mindfulness and meditation are used when they suit the person's aims.

Sessions include talking through emotions, relationships and behaviour patterns, and exploring where those patterns began. She pays attention to how beliefs and reactions affect day-to-day life so people can begin to make different choices.

Her style is collaborative: she listens, reflects and offers feedback that helps people see situations from a new angle. Over time this can support clearer self-understanding, improved self-esteem and more helpful habits.

Margaret works with a wide range of concerns including attachment issues, abandonment, self-harm, anger, ADHD, post-traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. People are invited to choose the balance of exploratory and practical work that feels most useful to them.

How her approaches work for online counselling

Margaret draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy in her work. ACT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on values-based actions rather than getting stuck on worries. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current patterns and can be helpful for relationship issues and attachment wounds. Client-Centred Therapy offers a way of being listened to without judgement and supports people to make their own sense of what they want to change.

Choosing the right mix of methods is part of the collaborative process. Margaret will talk with a new client about goals and preferences and then agree which approaches to use. That discussion guides whether sessions are more exploratory or more skills-focused.

Confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They can also suit people who prefer to work without being on camera or need methods like guided mindfulness that work well remotely.

Topics Margaret lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Grief
• Parenting issues
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• Family of origin issues
• Guilt and shame
• Life purpose
• Post-traumatic stress
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy
• Internal Family Systems

Questions about Margaret

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is listed among the main concerns she works with and she uses approaches such as CBT and mindfulness to address it.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She works pluralistically, combining client-centred, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural methods with mindfulness and ACT elements where helpful.

What experience does she have?

She has eight years' experience since qualifying as a therapeutic counsellor and previously worked fifteen years in mental health and learning disability roles.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

Yes. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English only.

Does she work with international clients?

No. She does not take clients outside the United Kingdom.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.