Margaret Brannigan , BACP

Margaret Brannigan is a counsellor who uses a person-centred way of working to help people talk through difficult times. She holds BACP accreditation and brings 11 years of experience to conversations about stress, anxiety and relationships.

She explains things plainly and listens first. Sessions focus on what matters to the person and on practical steps they feel able to try. That can include work on mood, addictive behaviours, sleep, or rebuilding confidence after trauma or loss.

Margaret combines client-centred listening with approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness. She also draws on existential ideas to help people make sense of big life decisions. Motivational interviewing is used when someone wants support to change habits or stick with new goals.

Her experience covers a wide range of concerns, including parenting strains, grief, ADHD, eating and body image difficulties, anger and communication problems. She also supports people facing chronic illness, caregiver stress and issues linked to ageing.

Sessions move at a person’s pace, with the aim of finding realistic steps forward. Margaret helps people spot patterns, test changes and build coping strategies that fit their life. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to connect.

To begin, a short questionnaire is used to match people and then sessions are scheduled. Fees use a cancellable subscription model that varies by location and therapist availability.

How Margaret’s approaches work online and in practice

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The counsellor offers genuine attention and reflects back what someone says so they can find their own answers. This approach helps when people are unsure what they want or feel overwhelmed by emotions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses simple experiments and behavioural tasks to reduce anxiety, lift mood or improve sleep. People often leave sessions with clear steps to try between meetings.

Margaret treats finding the right method as a shared process. She will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they decide which approaches to try first. That way the work fits the person rather than forcing a single method.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be better when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, note-taking or times when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while still using the same therapeutic approaches.