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Mo Callaghan

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Mo Callaghan, NCPS

United Kingdom

Counsellor - family concerns and grief

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About

  • Grief and loss
  • Family problems
  • Anxiety and stress

About Mo

Mo Callaghan is a counsellor registered with the NCPS and has five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and shifts in life circumstances. She also helps with relationship and family concerns, issues around identity and addiction, and eating and trauma-related difficulties.

Mo sees people as the experts in their own lives. She focuses on practical conversation and gentle challenge to help clients notice what already works and where small changes might make a difference. Sessions are conversational and aim to make difficult topics easier to talk about.

Alongside core concerns such as grief and anxiety, Mo pays attention to attachment and abandonment issues. She also supports those dealing with isolation, midlife questions, and challenges tied to blended family arrangements. These themes often come up alongside feelings of guilt, shame or emptiness, and she helps people name those feelings and respond to them.

Her way of working is straightforward. She listens closely, asks direct questions, and offers ideas people can try between sessions. The emphasis is on clear steps and honest talk rather than jargon.

People considering therapy are invited to take a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Mo encourages small, steady steps so people can test what helps and adjust the work as they go.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Mo works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on current problems and practical change. One common approach helps people identify patterns in thinking and behaviour that keep stress and low mood active, and then tries small experiments to shift those patterns. This can suit worries, depression and anxiety.

A second approach looks at attachment and early relationship patterns to understand how current friendships and family ties feel unsafe or distant. It helps people notice habitual responses and try different ways of relating when interacting with others.

Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. Mo will discuss options with each person and choose a path together based on needs, goals and preferences. The conversation about method is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy routine and keeping appointments that would otherwise be hard to reach. Please confirm the current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Many people find online sessions make regular check-ins easier and allow shorter follow-ups when needed.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseEating disorders

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPhobiasProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

5+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of family issues does she help with?

Mo helps people work through family problems, blended family issues and tensions linked to relationships. She focuses on what an individual can do to change interactions at home.

How does she approach difficult emotions like grief or shame?

She uses straightforward conversation and reflective questioning to help people name and respond to hard feelings. The work aims to make emotions easier to talk about and to find practical next steps.

What is her professional background?

She has five years of professional experience working in the UK and is registered with the NCPS. Her experience includes supporting clients with grief, anxiety and life changes.

Where is she based and do you need to be local to work with her?

Mo practises from the United Kingdom. If you are in the UK you can follow the usual booking steps to match and schedule a session.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted. Therapy is offered to people within the United Kingdom.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Check the platform details for up-to-date pricing information.

How do I start a first session?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That process links you to available times and the onboarding steps.

Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.

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