Seaneen Madden , BACP

Seaneen Madden is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with nine years of experience. She holds BACP accreditation, and she focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationships and parenting challenges. Her tone is respectful and down-to-earth, and she aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure.

Seaneen adapts her discussions and the pathway of work to fit each person's needs. Sessions are collaborative and paced to what the individual can manage. She gives straightforward feedback and practical ideas to try between meetings.

Clients come with a wide range of concerns, including low self-esteem, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, eating or sleeping problems, anger and career worries. She also supports people navigating divorce, blended family issues, caregiving stress, cancer-related challenges and neurodiversity topics such as autism and Asperger syndrome.

Her clinical toolkit draws on client-centred work, cognitive behavioural approaches and dialectical behaviour strategies, with influences from existential and Jungian ideas when they fit the person's story. This means conversations can explore day-to-day coping skills as well as deeper questions about meaning and identity.

Seaneen aims to create a calm, attentive space where people can talk through what matters most. She can help set small goals, practise new ways of responding, and review progress over time.

Approaches and online support for everyday challenges

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and understanding your perspective. The counsellor offers empathy and follows your lead so you can explore what matters and find your own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at connections between thoughts, feelings and actions and introduces practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, low mood and unwanted behaviours. Dialectical behaviour therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving how you cope with stress and relationships, often using concrete exercises and step-by-step practices.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The counsellor will discuss your goals and try different ways of working to see what helps most. This is a collaborative conversation rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription, and adjustments are made as the work progresses.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines and needs. Video calls let you use visual cues for fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or you need a flexible moment on a busy day. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick follow-ups or times when writing helps you reflect. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments and travel.