Madeleine Heffernan, BACP

Madeleine Heffernan is a therapist based in Cambridge, UK, who adapts her approach to meet each client’s individual needs. She combines psychodynamic thinking - which helps make sense of current difficulties in the context of past experiences - with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques that address unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. She also draws on compassion-focused methods to encourage a kinder inner dialogue and sometimes uses Emotional Freedom Technique, also known as tapping, as an additional tool.

Madeleine believes clients are the experts in their own stories and that therapy is a collaborative process that builds on existing strengths. Her work commonly supports people experiencing stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, and those coping with trauma and abuse. Sessions may involve listening, exploration, and reflection on life story and inner experience, alongside practical tasks and observations to work on between sessions when clients wish to do so.

She is registered with BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - a UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. Further information about her training, background, and approaches can be found on her website locusofsolace.com and on her Facebook page.

Madeleine responds to messages between 08.30 and 20.30 daily, offering up to an hour of messaging each week, and holds live sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 08.00 and 18.00 by video, phone, or instant messaging.