Counsellor profile
Margaret Booth, NCPS
Counsellor - stress and anxiety
See online counselling options- ACT methods
- CBT techniques
- Attachment focus
About Margaret
Counsellor Margaret Booth is a member of NCPS and has 14 years of UK practice experience. She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes, and lists many related concerns including addictions and relationship issues.
Margaret uses several practical approaches in her sessions. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to look at unhelpful thinking patterns and on acceptance and commitment methods to help people notice what matters to them and take small steps towards it. She also uses attachment-informed ideas to look at how past and current relationships affect feelings and behaviour.
Sessions are conversational. Margaret aims to be direct and clear. She listens to what a person brings and works with them to set manageable goals and practiceable steps between meetings. Work can include short exercises, behaviour plans, or learning new ways to handle difficult thoughts and emotions.
She has experience supporting people with trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, anger and career concerns. Bipolar and compassion fatigue are also listed among the areas she addresses. These topics may be explored in ways that fit the person’s pace and priorities.
Margaret accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English. Cost is described as varying with location and uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, a prospective client follows the site’s matching process and books a first session.
Approaches used in online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and focus on values-based actions. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and life transitions where someone wants practical steps to move forward.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. Sessions commonly include exercises to test thoughts, behaviour plans and small experiments to reduce avoidance and improve mood.
Attachment-based work explores how early and current relationships shape emotional responses. This can help people understand patterns in their close relationships and work on more secure ways of relating.
Margaret treats finding the right approach as a shared task. She will discuss what feels most useful, try methods in session and adjust plans according to progress, goals and preferences.
The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm the exact options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling around work or family by cutting travel time, offering shorter check-ins when needed, and allowing sessions from quieter surroundings. Registered or accredited professionals can use online sessions to offer the same kinds of therapeutic work they do in person, adapted to the medium.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she work with most often?
She commonly helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression, and also lists addictions, relationship and trauma-related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and goal-oriented. She uses practical exercises and between-session tasks alongside talk-based work.
How long has she been practising?
She has 14 years of professional experience working in the UK.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with NCPS and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Fees vary with location and services use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the site’s See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.