Seaneen Madden, BACP

Seaneen Madden is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with nine years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, and parenting challenges. Her style is warm and respectful and she aims to adapt to each person's situation.

She focuses on practical conversation and clear steps. Sessions are shaped around what matters to the client, so talking about daily routines, communication habits or triggering situations are common starting points. Where helpful, she uses techniques drawn from cognitive behavioural ideas and mindfulness to try new ways of responding to thoughts and feelings.

Seaneen also draws on approaches that look at identity and life meaning, including existential and Jungian ideas. These perspectives can help when past patterns, attachment or a sense of loss are part of the difficulty. She pays attention to issues such as abandonment, attachment and dissociation when they come up.

People bring a wide range of concerns, from grief and trauma to difficulties with sleep, eating or anger. She also supports those coping with career change, addictions, ADHD and the stresses of caregiving or serious illness. The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs.

Her aim is to create a steady, compassionate conversation that leads to workable changes. She asks about goals and adapts tools so they fit everyday life, whether that means changing unhelpful thinking, building new routines, or trying different ways of relating to others.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Seaneen commonly uses client-centred ways of working and cognitive behavioural ideas. Client-centred practice means the session follows the person's concerns, with the counsellor listening closely and reflecting back to help people find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural approaches look at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and introduce practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns.

She also draws on dialectical behaviour therapy ideas at times, which focus on building skills for managing strong emotions and improving how someone copes day to day. Each approach is explained in plain terms and fitted to what the person wants to achieve rather than imposed as a single method.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk through goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, so the plan evolves together. That collaborative process helps make sure techniques feel relevant and manageable.

If you are considering online sessions, check which formats are currently offered before booking since the biography does not list them. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so sessions can be scheduled around work or family commitments.