Zoe Maguire
Practical, personable counselling for stressful times
About Zoe
Zoe Maguire offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or life changes. She helps clients untangle difficult emotions and make manageable steps forward. Zoe speaks plainly and gives time for people to find their own pace in sessions.
Zoe holds a BACP accreditation, which indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has three years' counselling experience and has worked in NHS and community settings.
Background and approach
This background informs a steady, relatable style rather than jargon or rushed fixes. In sessions she focuses on the immediate issues a person brings, such as low self-esteem, relationship worries, parenting strain, or workplace stress. She also supports people facing trauma, grief, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related concerns and complex family matters.
Zoe pays attention to patterns of behaviour and how those patterns affect day-to-day life. Her way of working draws on several therapeutic traditions so sessions are shaped around each person's needs. Conversations aim to increase awareness, identify unhelpful patterns, and build practical coping strategies.
Zoe uses warmth and curiosity to help people explore options and try small changes between sessions. People can expect straightforward, respectful conversation and gentle challenges when needed. Zoe helps clients consider new choices without pressure.
Her aim is to leave people feeling clearer and better able to manage stressful moments. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability. Zoe offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences.
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and responding to what matters most to the person. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so people can feel heard and make their own choices; this suits issues like low self-esteem, anxiety and relationship concerns.Existential Therapy looks at meaning, values and life choices. It helps when people are facing major life changes, feelings of emptiness, or questions about direction and identity by encouraging honest reflection and personal responsibility.
Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to recurring patterns and early influences that shape how someone relates to themselves and others. It can be useful for persistent relationship problems, attachment issues and understanding reactions tied to past events.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Zoe will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods based on their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. That means sessions can change over time as needs shift.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls make face-to-face conversation possible without travel, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat allows quick check-ins and text messaging supports shorter reflections between appointments. These options help people fit therapy around work, caring duties and busy days while keeping the focus on making steady progress.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
