About Edward
Edward Mcguinness is a UK-based counsellor with three years of professional experience. He works with people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship strain and trauma. He aims to meet clients where they are and build a plan that fits each person’s needs.
Edward uses a practical, down-to-earth style in sessions. He focuses on listening carefully and asking clear questions. This helps people feel understood and get to the heart of what’s causing distress.
Background and approach
His approach draws on body-focused somatic work alongside evidence-based talking therapies. That means he pays attention to physical sensations as well as thoughts and emotions. Clients learn ways to notice tension, calm their nervous system and respond rather than react.
He also uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. These methods help people clarify values, build small habits and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort level.
Edward has supported issues such as addiction, grief, self-esteem, parenting stress, workplace pressures and intimacy concerns. He has worked with employer-linked assistance programmes and values treating people with respect and sensitivity. Sessions are available in English and can be arranged for international clients.
The process begins with a short matching questionnaire and booking, so people can find a suitable time and format.
How somatic and talking therapies work online
Edward brings together somatic awareness and talk-based approaches in online sessions. Somatic work helps people notice physical sensations linked to stress and trauma and learn ways to ease bodily tension. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying what matters to you and taking small, values-led steps even when emotions are difficult. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises a supportive, non-judgemental relationship where the counsellor listens and follows the client’s lead.Choosing the right approach is often a collaborative process. Edward will discuss options with each person and adapt methods to suit their goals, comfort and life situation. That means trying techniques, checking what helps and adjusting pace together rather than sticking rigidly to one method.
Online work can be flexible and accessible. Video calls let you see body language and do guided somatic exercises, while phone sessions suit those who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support short check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep working on change from wherever you are.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior 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
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English