Margaret Brannigan, BACP
Margaret Brannigan is a counsellor who works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and depression.
About Margaret
Margaret Brannigan is a counsellor who works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. She brings 11 years of experience and a practical, person-centred way of working. Margaret aims to help clients find clearer ways forward and to rebuild resilience after hard experiences.
She uses a client-centred approach that treats each person as the expert in their life. Sessions focus on listening, understanding personal goals, and helping people make choices that feel right for them.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is also used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small, doable changes. Margaret draws on trauma-focused ideas when people need help processing past harm. She also uses mindfulness and existential approaches to help clients manage stress and find meaning when life feels difficult.
These methods are offered in simple, step-by-step ways rather than as theory-heavy sessions. Over her career she has helped people with a wide range of concerns such as parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, bipolar mood issues, ADHD and caregiver stress.
She also addresses more specific themes like abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image and chronic health challenges. Sessions are available in English and can take place online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Margaret works collaboratively to set goals and uses straightforward language so people can apply what they discuss between meetings.
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 393431 | January 2027 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Margaret lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Margaret names
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Approaches you can try online
Therapist work here often combines client-centred care and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Client-centred work means the counsellor listens without judgement and helps people clarify what they want to change. It suits clients who need time to be heard and to set their own goals. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behaviour. It can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep and coping with day-to-day stresses.Margaret also draws on trauma-focused ideas when past harm is part of the picture, and she uses mindfulness and existential thinking to help people manage distress and consider values and meaning. Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss options and adapt methods to the person's needs, goals and preferences in a collaborative way rather than prescribing one fixed method.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging can help people reflect between meetings. These options help people fit therapy around work, caring duties and travel, and make it easier to keep a consistent schedule.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Margaret commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and parenting strain, along with many other issues such as addiction, eating and sleeping problems, anger and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her work is mainly client-centred, focusing on listening and helping people set their own goals, while also using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness techniques when helpful.
What background and experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience working with a wide range of concerns and life stages, bringing practical problem-solving and a supportive approach to sessions.
What professional credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can people use sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She works remotely using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What steps should someone take to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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