Maggie Backhouse

I offer remote weekday appointments from 8am to 8pm. 

Concessionary rates can be available.  Please ask when you make your initial enquiry. These rates are also available to Blue Light cardholders. 

Why come to counselling 

People come to counselling for many reasons. You may have a very specific issue you would like to work on such as anxiety, depression, illness, relationships, self-esteem, identity or bereavement. Or you may be unclear but feeling generally overloaded and would like some impartial therapeutic support. Whatever is bringing you to counselling I offer a warm, confidential and non-judgemental space to talk things through.

What to expect

My therapy is client led. What does that mean for you? In our sessions we will discuss where you are now in life, and what you would like to achieve from counselling. We will consider how you think, feel, and behave, and how this influences your relationships with others and impacts your day to day world. Working together at your pace to find new ways forward. 

In my counselling practice I draw on different approaches and will always offer you everything in my therapeutic toolbox. This includes exploring not just thoughts and feelings but also your body’s response to certain situations. From this we can look at your overall health, wellbeing, and resilience.

My background

I have lived and worked within culturally and ethnically diverse communities and  been part of the field of mental health and wellbeing for 20 years plus. 

My clients come from all walks of life.  While every individual is unique some are part a wider community of experience that has included unpaid carers, families affected by substance misuse, those with chronic pain and long term health conditions, neurodivergent clients, and the LGBTQIA+ clients. 

I am aware that many families and individuals experience huge disruption, distress and loss in their lives.  This has been true prior to, during, and post pandemic. As a trained specialist bereavement counsellor I am here for you. 

I became a therapist because at a very challenging time in my life counselling was somewhere I felt truly heard and understood.  I offer you the same safe place in which to talk. 

I work with adults aged 18 or over remotely by phone or online and within an ethical professional (BACP) framework.

I offer weekly 50 minute counselling sessions. Usually on a pre-arranged day and time between 8am and 8pm.

Free initial conversation, see details below.

Concessionary rates offered depending on personal circumstances, please ask at initial enquiry. Reduced rates also offered to Blue Light card holders.  

During our brief initial online (or telephone) consultation we can discuss what brings you to counselling and what you would like from therapy. I will answer any questions you may have about my practice and what to expect from working with me. This session is shorter and free.