Edward Mcguinness, BACP
3 years in practice
Edward Mcguinness is a UK-based counsellor with three years of professional experience.
License and registration
- BACP
- 407886 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Edward
Edward Mcguinness is a UK-based counsellor with three years of professional experience. He works in a straightforward, respectful way and focuses on helping people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed or low. He aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person’s situation and goals.
He uses a mix of approaches depending on what feels helpful. That might include Existential therapy to examine meaning and choice, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values, or practical Cognitive Behavioural techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to the individual. Edward has worked with employee assistance and occupational wellbeing programmes, and with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems and trauma. He also supports people dealing with self-esteem, grief, addictions and life changes.
He is familiar with a wide range of additional concerns such as ADHD, parenting strain, chronic illness and body image issues. Edward is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which is shown as BACP. He offers sessions in English and welcomes people from the UK and overseas.
Sessions can be arranged by following the service sign-up and scheduling steps. In the room he aims to listen carefully, ask practical questions and help people find small, manageable steps forward. He encourages people to notice what matters to them, try new ways of coping and build on what already works.
The emphasis is on realistic change and steady progress.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Edward lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- 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 of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- 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
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Edward names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How different approaches work online with a counsellor
Existential therapy invites people to look at meaning, choice and personal values. It helps when life feels uncertain or empty by encouraging reflection on what matters and what choices are possible. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed actions even when feelings are difficult; it can help with anxiety, depression and low motivation.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. That means sessions can combine meaning-focused conversation with ACT exercises or cognitive tools when those are useful, and this is decided together as things unfold.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be handy when bandwidth is limited, chat or messaging work well for short check-ins or written processing. These options give practical flexibility so people can choose what best fits their routine and communication style.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Edward help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and trauma. He also works with concerns like self-esteem, grief, addictions and coping with life changes.
What is his therapeutic style like?
His approach is collaborative and straightforward. He blends meaning-focused conversation with practical exercises and planned steps.
What experience does he bring?
He has three years of professional counselling experience and has worked with employee assistance and similar workplace support programmes.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with him?
International clients are accepted so people outside the UK can book sessions.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and getting started handled?
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