About Hayley
Hayley Mcgregor welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or life changes. She introduces herself simply and works to build a calm, respectful space where someone can speak honestly about what is hard. Her approach is gentle and paced to suit the person's needs.
Hayley uses a mix of counselling approaches and adapts sessions to the individual. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships affect current feelings.
How Hayley works
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice patterns of thought and try small changes in how they respond. Sessions also reflect client-centred values, meaning the person sets the agenda and Hayley listens without judgement. She can include techniques from dialectical behaviour therapy for managing strong emotions when needed.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy elements are used to explore feelings in relational or personal struggles. Hayley has three years of experience supporting common concerns such as stress, depression, grief and self-esteem. She also works with people facing addictions, compassion fatigue, ADHD and relationship or parenting stresses.
Additional focus areas include chronic illness, communication problems and attachment difficulties. Based in the United Kingdom, Hayley holds BACP accreditation, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sessions are conducted in English and she offers a range of online formats to suit different needs.
Her practice aims to help people find more steady ways of coping and clearer choices about next steps.
Hayley lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Hayley works with
The areas below are the ones Hayley selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- 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 used in online sessions
Hayley commonly draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current feelings and patterns. This approach helps when difficulties with trust, closeness or repeated relationship problems are causing distress.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and trying small, practical changes in behaviour. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood and problems that feel stuck in repeating cycles.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and the specific difficulties a person brings, and together they will try methods that fit best. It is normal to adjust the approach over time as needs change.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this style of work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues that help with emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth is available or when someone prefers not to use a camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection or day-to-day support between conversations. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping the focus on clear, collaborative therapeutic work.
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