Margaret Wilde, BACP

Margaret Wilde is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with eight years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, anger, trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and related concerns. She also supports those managing grief, workplace issues, addictions and parenting strains.

Before qualifying as a Therapeutic Counsellor, Margaret worked for fifteen years in mental health and learning disability services. That early work shaped how she understands long-standing patterns and the fallout from trauma. Since qualifying, much of her focus has been on trauma recovery and its ripple effects in daily life.

Margaret uses a pluralistic approach and draws from several established therapies. She combines psychodynamic thinking with client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural tools. Mindfulness and meditation practices are used when they fit with a person's aims and preferences.

Sessions begin with listening to what matters to the person and how they want to work. She talks through emotions, behaviour patterns and relationships to help identify what keeps problems repeating. The work can be reflective or more hands-on depending on the person’s goals.

Practical aims include increasing self-awareness, reducing reactive patterns, building self-esteem and finding more useful ways of coping. Margaret emphasises collaboration, so the person sets the pace and direction of the work.

For people worried about anger, she explores its triggers, underlying feelings and habitual responses. This helps to find steadier ways of responding in difficult moments.

How her approaches translate to remote work