- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Edward
Edward Mcguinness is a UK-based counsellor who has worked in the field for three years. He holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. He focuses on helping people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure how to move forward.
He offers straightforward, respectful conversations. Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs and goals. He aims to guide people toward clearer choices and more manageable day-to-day routines.
Edward has experience with a wide range of concerns.
Background and approach
These include stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy questions, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, sleep and eating difficulties, and issues around parenting and family life. He also supports people facing career change, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and long-term health or caregiving stress.
His work draws on therapy approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy. He adapts techniques to what each person needs, using practical steps alongside reflective conversation. People who prefer clear, calm guidance may find his style useful.
He emphasises respect, sensitivity and compassion in sessions. That approach is intended to help people take the small, steady steps that lead to lasting change.
What Edward works with
Everything Edward lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Edward helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Edward lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches you can access online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-based steps despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and practising alternative responses to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression and sleep or eating problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centres on understanding emotional responses and improving how people connect and express needs, which can help with intimacy-related issues and relationship strain.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. Sessions can combine elements from different approaches to match what’s needed in practice and evolve over time as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day and use less bandwidth. Live chat and texting suit shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work and other commitments while keeping the focus on useful, practical steps.
Questions people ask about Edward
What kinds of concerns does Edward help with?
He works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting, grief, sleep and eating problems, addiction and career matters.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
His style is straightforward and respectful, combining practical strategies with reflective conversation to help people make manageable changes.
What background and experience does he have?
Edward has three years of professional counselling experience and has supported clients with Employee Assistance Programmes and similar services.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is listed with BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Edward offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and payments handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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