Margaret Wilde

Margaret Wilde is a counsellor who uses a client-centred approach to help people make changes that matter to them. She draws on several methods to shape sessions around each person’s needs and goals. Her practice is calm and attentive, with an emphasis on listening and understanding where someone is coming from.

Before qualifying as a Therapeutic Counsellor, Margaret spent fifteen years working in mental health and learning disability roles. She has eight years of counselling experience since qualification, with much of her work focused on trauma recovery. This background shapes how she responds to stress, anxiety and life upheaval.

She works pluralistically, combining elements of client-centred counselling with cognitive behavioural ideas, psychodynamic thinking, mindfulness and attachment-informed work. Sessions can include guided exercises, reflective conversation and practical strategies chosen to fit the individual. The aim is to use what helps each person most, not one fixed method.

Margaret offers a non-judgemental space to talk through emotions, relationships and patterns of behaviour. She helps people look at the origins of beliefs and reactions and what they mean for day-to-day life. Through this process, clients can build self-awareness and more helpful ways of relating to themselves and others.

Work may cover a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, workplace issues, addictions and self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, attachment and family of origin issues, and questions around life purpose and self-love.

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