Counsellor profile
Deirdre MacNamara, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - Anger and anxiety support
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- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 393918
- Experience5 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Mindfulness
- Emotion-focused work
- Acceptance-based ideas
About Deirdre
Deirdre MacNamara is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years' experience. She works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, eating issues, anger, self-esteem and depression. Deirdre also supports people navigating life changes, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related challenges.
Her background includes individual counselling in community health, educational settings and private practice. She has experience with older clients and first responders, and has worked in multicultural environments including with indigenous peoples. That range informs how she reads different life contexts and stresses.
In sessions she uses gentle, person-centred listening alongside practical tools. Mindfulness exercises and acceptance-based ideas feature in her work. Emotion-focused methods are used to look at painful feelings and how they show up in relationships and everyday life.
Deirdre pays attention to cultural and relational factors. She views people in the context of their relationships, environment and family systems. Her focus is on clear, honest conversation and on building understanding about patterns that fuel anger or anxiety.
People meet to talk through recent events, longstanding patterns, or particular crises. Sessions aim to surface practical steps for managing intense moments, building steadier reactions, and reducing resentment that can build up over time. The aim is steady change through ongoing work rather than quick fixes.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches are used in online work
Deirdre draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy as core tools. ACT focuses on clarifying values and creating actions that align with those values while accepting difficult feelings. Mindfulness work trains simple attention and noticing, which can help with impulse control and reactive moments.She also applies Emotionally-Focused Therapy principles to help people identify and work with the feelings that drive angry responses. EFT-style work looks at attachment and how emotions are expressed in relationships, which can reveal patterns that sustain resentment or sudden outbursts.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the first conversations. The therapist and client decide together what fits the client's goals and preferences, and they adjust methods as work progresses.
If you want to know how sessions are delivered, please confirm current session options before booking. Practical benefits of remote sessions include fitting therapy around work and caregiving, shorter check-ins when needed, and not needing to travel to an appointment. These factors can make it easier to stick with regular meetings and apply skills to everyday situations.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she address?
Deirdre works with adults on anger related to stress, resentment, relationship strain and workplace frustration. She also supports people whose anger connects to trauma or grief.
How would she approach my temper in sessions?
She combines person-centred listening with mindfulness and emotion-focused techniques. The work looks at feelings, triggers and practical coping steps to manage intense moments.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of clinical experience providing individual counselling in community health, education and private practice settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is BACP registered and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.