- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Mindfulness practices
About Madeleine
Madeleine Heffernan is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with eight years' experience. She sees people for stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, intimacy issues and related struggles. Madeleine also supports those facing parenting strains, eating and body-image worries, anger, career change and ADHD-related challenges.
Her approach blends several ways of working rather than using only one method. Madeleine draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to attend to feelings and attachment patterns. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to link current problems with past experience, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to address unhelpful thought and behaviour cycles.
Sessions can include listening and reflection, gentle questioning about patterns in life, and practical tasks to try between meetings. Madeleine may work on building kinder self-talk and on noticing emotional triggers. She sometimes integrates mindfulness practices to help people calm racing thoughts and increase awareness.
Madeleine offers a mix of live sessions and messaging contact during the week. She typically answers messages between 08:30 and 20:30 daily and allows up to an hour of messaging per week. Live sessions are scheduled on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 08:00 and 18:00 and may use video, phone or instant messaging.
Her practice invites people who want straightforward, practical help with feelings and relationships. To book, readers are asked to follow the site's booking flow and complete the short matching questionnaire to arrange an initial session.
How Madeleine uses EFT, attachment work and CBT online
Madeleine uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people name and sit with strong feelings and to notice patterns in how they relate to others. EFT focuses on feelings and attachment needs and can be useful for emotional and intimacy-related problems.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns shape current responses and connectedness. This helps when people struggle with trust, abandonment fears or repeating relationship patterns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going, which can help with anxiety, low mood and habit-driven difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Madeleine will discuss what feels most useful and adjust methods based on a person’s needs, goals and preferences. The process is collaborative and practical, with time spent checking progress and trying different techniques.
Session details such as video, phone or instant messaging should be confirmed before booking. Madeleine schedules live sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and offers messaging contact between 08:30 and 20:30 with up to an hour per week. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow brief check-ins when needed and reduce travel time, but please confirm the exact session formats available when you arrange your first appointment.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief and intimacy issues among other areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Madeleine combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with psychodynamic and CBT ideas, along with mindfulness and compassion-focused elements where helpful.
How many years has she practised?
She has eight years of experience working with people on emotional and relational difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is accredited with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
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