Margaret Wilde, BACP

Margaret Wilde brings eight years of counselling experience to her work, with a longer background of fifteen years in mental health and learning disability services prior to qualifying. Her practice centres on trauma recovery, and she is committed to helping people move toward the life they want by building self-awareness, resilience, and healthier patterns of relating.

She practices in a pluralistic way, adapting methods to each person rather than relying on a single technique. Her work draws on client-centred principles that prioritise empathy and the client’s perspective, cognitive-behavioural strategies to address thinking and behaviour patterns, psychodynamic ideas about how past experiences shape current responses, and mindfulness practices to support present-moment awareness. She also integrates approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-focused ideas where these fit a person’s needs. Margaret is accredited with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which is a recognised professional body for counsellors in the United Kingdom.

In sessions she offers a respectful, non-judgemental space to explore emotions, relationships, beliefs and behaviours. Her approach is collaborative: she listens closely, reflects observations back in clear terms, and works with clients to identify the strategies that best align with their goals. With a focus on understanding patterns rooted in family of origin, attachment, grief, addiction, workplace stress or other challenges, she supports clients in building self-compassion, stronger self-esteem and more helpful ways of living. Margaret invites people to take the first step toward change when they feel ready.

Integrating therapeutic approaches for online support

Margaret uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients clarify what matters most to them and to develop practical steps for living in line with those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. This approach is often helpful for stress, anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore how early relationships influence current patterns in close relationships, including abandonment or attachment issues. Working with these themes can support improvements in relationship dynamics, self-worth and responses to trauma.

Client-Centred Therapy provides a compassionate, listening-focused framework in which the client’s perspective guides the pace and direction of work. This approach can support people seeking greater self-understanding, self-esteem, or recovery from grief and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Margaret works collaboratively to identify which methods best fit a person’s needs, goals and preferences. She adapts techniques over time so the work remains relevant and useful.

Online sessions - by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging - offer flexibility for scheduling around work and family life and make it easier to access support without travel. These options allow ongoing, consistent contact with licensed professionals and can be tailored to suit comfort and communication preferences.