Margaret Wilde, BACP

Margaret Wilde is a therapeutic counsellor with eight years of professional experience since qualifying, and a prior fifteen-year background working in mental health and learning disability services. Her practice has developed a clear focus on trauma recovery, and she is committed to supporting people as they move toward the lives they want to build for themselves.

She takes a pluralistic approach, drawing from multiple evidence-based methods to shape a personalised pathway for each person. Her work integrates psychodynamic ideas that explore the roots of patterns, person-centred principles that prioritise the client’s own knowledge of themselves, cognitive behavioural techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behaviour, and mindfulness practices including meditation where useful. This flexible blend allows her to select tools that resonate with each client’s goals and preferences.

Margaret offers an open, nonjudgmental space to explore emotions, relationships, beliefs and behavioural patterns. She listens attentively to understand how past experiences influence present reactions and feeds back reflections that can help clients see different perspectives. Through guided exploration and practical strategies, she supports people to increase self-awareness, build self-esteem, and develop more helpful ways of relating to themselves and others.

She holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and approaches each client relationship collaboratively, adapting the pace and methods to what the individual finds most helpful.