Deirdre MacNamara , BACP

Deirdre MacNamara is a BACP registered counsellor practising in the Cheshire West area of England. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), an organisation that recognises training and professional standards for counsellors in the UK. Deirdre has built her experience over five years providing direct mental health counselling for young people, adults and older clients who bring a wide range of concerns including anxiety, relationship difficulties in work and family contexts, trauma, grief and loss, depression, gender identity questions and trauma experienced by key workers and first responders.

Her work spans community health agencies, educational settings and private practice, which has given her a broad perspective on different needs and service environments. Deirdre brings an acute sensitivity to multicultural factors and has experience supporting indigenous clients and people from diverse backgrounds within multiethnic work and learning contexts. She works from a foundation that recognises how family systems, close relationships and life circumstances shape wellbeing, and she aims to offer empathy, warmth, honesty and unconditional positive regard in the therapeutic relationship.

Deirdre integrates mindfulness and compassion-focused ideas alongside compassionate enquiry and a Rogerian person-centred approach. She seeks to meet people where they are, collaborate on clear goals and balance techniques to suit each person’s pace and preferences. Deirdre supports and empowers people to take steps toward a more fulfilling life and to build resilience along the way.