Margaret Finnegan
Calm, practical support for anxious or grieving people
About Margaret
Margaret Finnegan offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or relationship strain. She meets clients where they are and helps them talk through worries, painful feelings and stuck patterns in a way that is easy to follow. Margaret uses person-centred listening to create space for people to say what matters most to them.
She also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to help spot unhelpful thinking and try small, practical changes.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and focused on what the client wants to work on next. Margaret has five years of counselling experience, working one-to-one and in group settings to raise awareness of mental health. She describes herself as a mature practitioner with life experience that informs her empathy and understanding.
Her clinical practice emphasises the link between thoughts, feelings and the body. She supports people dealing with grief, relationship concerns, self-esteem issues and social anxiety. Additional areas she addresses include guilt and shame, loneliness and the challenge of cultivating self-love.
Margaret adapts her approach to each person’s needs and pace. Sessions can include talking exercises, exploring thought patterns, and simple behavioural experiments to test new ways of coping. Clients who prefer a more reflective space are offered open listening and gentle exploration of feelings.
Practical steps and emotional support are combined to help people move forward.
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Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches translate online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and making space for the person to lead the conversation. Online sessions using this approach allow the client to bring what matters most and be heard without pressure. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and uses short practical exercises to test new ways of coping. CBT works well for anxiety, low mood and social fears and adapts to video or written formats.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has helped before. Together they decide whether to emphasise reflective listening, CBT techniques, or a mix of both, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls suit in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth is available, live chat and text-based messaging make short check-ins and written reflection simple. These options help fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and daily life, while keeping the focus on useful tools and steady emotional support.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
