Margaret Brannigan, BACP
11 years in practice
Margaret Brannigan is a counsellor who focuses on helping people find meaning and direction.
License and registration
- BACP
- 393431 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 11
- 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 Margaret
Margaret Brannigan is a counsellor who focuses on helping people find meaning and direction. She uses Existential ideas alongside client-centred listening to support people facing stress, anxiety, grief and other life changes. She works in straightforward language and aims to make sessions feel calm and practical for those who are worried or overwhelmed.
Margaret has 11 years of experience working with adults on a wide range of concerns. She has supported people with depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, bipolar difficulties and ADHD.
Background and approach
She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strains, eating and sleeping problems, and caring or grief-related stress. In sessions she places the person’s experience at the centre. Client-centred therapy means she will listen carefully and follow the client’s pace.
Cognitive behavioural techniques may be used to identify thought and behaviour patterns that get in the way of day-to-day coping. Margaret also draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice what matters and take practical steps. She aims to help clients consider values, make choices, and build small routines that ease stress and improve mood.
Her practice is based in the United Kingdom and she works in English. People can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the listed process.
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
Approaches Margaret names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- 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 therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online accessibility
Margaret uses Existential Therapy to help people look at meaning, choice and values in their lives. This approach helps when someone is facing major life changes, grief, or a sense of being stuck and unsure what matters next. She pairs this with Client-Centred Therapy, which means she listens closely and follows the client’s lead to build trust and understanding.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to notice unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and to try small experiments that can change day-to-day coping. These approaches are practical and collaborative, and she will work with each person to find the right mix based on their goals and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues for a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be useful when lower bandwidth is needed or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging can fit around busy days and allow ongoing written reflection between sessions. Registered or accredited professionals provide these formats, and Margaret will discuss which options fit best when arranging sessions.
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Questions people ask
What types of problems does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, as well as relationship and parenting concerns and issues like ADHD, addictions and sleep or eating difficulties.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her style is person-centred and collaborative. She combines Existential thinking with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural and mindfulness approaches.
What experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience working with adults across a wide range of issues including trauma, mood difficulties and caring or grief-related stress.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration as provided in her profile.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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