About Edward
Edward Mcguinness is a United Kingdom based counsellor with three years of professional experience. He focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression and self-esteem difficulties. He also supports those facing relationship challenges, trauma and issues around intimacy and addiction.
Before sessions begin Edward will listen to what matters most to each person. He keeps conversations straightforward and practical. Together he and the client shape a plan that fits day-to-day life and specific goals.
How Edward works
Edward draws on several approaches to guide sessions. He uses techniques that help people notice difficult thoughts without getting overwhelmed. He also offers space for clients to talk through feelings and to build coping skills for stressful moments.
Sessions are aimed at small, steady steps. Edward helps people try new ways of handling situations, then reviews what works. That can mean trying short exercises in a session, setting simple tasks between meetings, or talking through reactions to difficult days.
He works with clients across a wide range of concerns including grief, career strain, parenting stress, ADHD, compassion fatigue and body image. Edward is comfortable supporting people through life changes such as adoption, ageing issues, chronic illness and bereavement. Appointments are offered in English and can be arranged to suit different schedules.
The emphasis is on respectful, sensitive care that meets the pace and needs of each individual.
Edward lists 16 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
What Edward works with
The areas below are the ones Edward selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without letting them control actions. It focuses on identifying values and taking small steps that match what matters most, which can help with anxiety, depression and stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical strategies to change patterns that keep problems going; it is often useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep difficulties. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, centres on understanding and naming emotions and how they shape reactions; it can help with relationship strain and intimacy-related worries.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods in session and adapt what works best for each person's goals and preferences. The aim is to build a practical plan together rather than impose a single way of working.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and work through exercises in real time. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a slightly shorter check-in suits a busy day. Live chat and text messaging provide ongoing support and quick check-ins between meetings. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, caregiving and travel without losing continuity of care.
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